The 'Lesbian Killers' Who Shocked Australia

LONDON, March 14, 2008 — -- Australia's infamous "lesbian killers" are destined to spend the next few decades behind bars.

Valerie Page Parashumti, 19, and Jessica Ellen Stasinowsky, 21, known in Australia as the "lesbian killers," have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 16-year-old Stacey Mitchell in December 2006.

The couple will not be allowed to apply for parole for another 20 to 30 years.

Parashumti and Stasinowsky pleaded guilty in November, and there is no indication that they will appeal the decision. The sentencing took place earlier this month at the court of Perth, in Western Australia.

"They could appeal the sentence," Val Buchanan, spokesperson with the Supreme Court of Perth, told ABC News, but "I have not heard that they have appealed the decision."

"Once you plead guilty, you get a life sentence," added Buchanan.

The case has hit the headlines in Australia and across the world because the murderers displayed exceptional violence and sadism.

Mitchell met the couple after she left her parents' home. She shared a house with Parashumti and Stasinowsky.

The court heard that Stasinowsky grew jealous of Mitchell.

Feeling that she had to prove that Mitchell meant nothing to her, Parashumti — who reportedly drank blood as part of a vampire cult — killed Mitchell.

The day the murder took place, the couple drank with Stacey and made her drink sleeping pills before attacking her in their kitchen.

Parashumti hit Mitchell with a concrete block. Stasinowsky then strangled Mitchell with a belt chain and beat her.

After Mitchell passed out 30 minutes later, the court heard that the couple became sexually aroused and kissed each other.

They filmed the murder scene on their mobile phone, while making fun of Mitchell.

Mitchell's parents alerted police that their daughter had gone missing.

Police found the teenager's body in a garbage bin at the couple's property.

"In Australia, everyone is quite disgusted with them," Todd Cardy, reporter with the Perth Sunday Times, told ABC News. "This has been a very big story."