Borce Ristevski has been sentenced to nine years in prison with a non-parole period of six years for the manslaughter of his wife Karen almost three years ago. 

In his opening statement in Victoria’s Supreme Court, Justice Christopher Beale slammed Borce for his “rank deceit” and said: “For years, you continued spinning your web of lies.”

In June 2016, Borce killed his wife Karen, 47, at their Melbourne home before dropping her body off in a national park when she was found eight months later.

The sentencing was followed by outrage after people took to Twitter, saying nine years for the gruesome murder of his late wife was not enough.

The punishment of the 55-year-old’s crimes were met with audible gasps in the Supreme Court, according to Nine News court reporter Eliza Rugg.

Borce’s expression remained the same as he stood for his sentencing, with his hands clasped in front of him before guards took him away.

If he had not pleaded guilty, Justice Beale would have issued a sentence of 10 years.

Before announcing the surprising sentence, Justice Beale spoke directly to the perpetrator, and told the Supreme Court, “your plea of guilty does not demonstrate remorse.”

“No sentence I impose can undo the suffering you have caused and continue to cause to those who knew and loved Karen,” he said.

He also told Borce that his guilty plea will not result in a discounted sentence that he may have been hoping for, as “you have not revealed how or why” Karen was killed.

“Your victim was your wife of 27 years … You may have turned off the road of deceit but you have not taken the high road of full and frank disclosure consistent with true remorse,” he said.  Â