Widower's compassionate wish for killer stuns courtroom

Key points

• Jean-Paul Franzidis told a Brisbane Supreme Court sentencing that he hoped the teenager who killed his wife, Rosemary, would one day be loved as deeply as she loved him.
• Rosemary Franzidis, 69, died at the scene in Murrumba Downs in November 2024 after a stolen car, reportedly travelling above 130km/h, struck her vehicle.
• The driver, who was 16 and unlicensed, had taken drugs before a spree of offences with older accomplices.