Murder of Aaron Pajich

Murder of Aaron Pajich
Date13 June 2016 (2016-06-13)
LocationOrelia, Western Australia, Australia
Coordinates32°14′16″S 115°49′31″E / 32.2377118°S 115.8253265°E / -32.2377118; 115.8253265
Deaths1 (Aaron Lee Pajich-Sweetman)
AccusedTrudi Clare Lenon
Jemma Victoria Lilley
ChargesMurder (both)
Trial2 October – 1 November 2017 (2017-10-02 2017-11-01)
VerdictGuilty (both)
SentenceLife imprisonment with a minimum term of 28 years (both)

On 13 June 2016, 18-year-old Aaron Lee Pajich-Sweetman disappeared from Rockingham, Western Australia. During the night of 20–21 June, police searching a property in Orelia found his body. Two women—25-year-old Jemma Victoria Lilley and 42-year-old Trudi Clare Lenon—were arrested and charged with murder. On 1 November 2017, Lilley and Lenon were convicted of the murder of Pajich by the Supreme Court of Western Australia, and on 28 February 2018, they were sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 28 years.