Twin jailed for role

The identical twin of the man who murdered New South Wales bride-tobe Stephanie Scott has been jailed for at least one year and three months years for helping his brother after the crime.

Marcus Stanford, 25, sold two of Scott’s rings for A$705 at an Adelaide jewellery store, after his brother Vincent Stanford posted them to him with the driving licence of the teacher, who was murdered at Leeton High School on Easter Sunday last year.

In the NSW Supreme Court sitting in Leeton yesterday, Justice Robert Allan Hulme set a maximum of one year and three months with no parole for being an accessory after the fact.

Hulme said the sentence would be backdated from June 10 last year when he was arrested, meaning it is due to expire on September 9.

According to crown facts, school cleaner Vincent Stanford attacked Scott at the Leeton High School in the NSW Riverina region on Easter Sunday 2015, less than a week before she was due to be married.

While Scott was ensuring lessons were in place ahead of her honeymoon, Vincent Stanford obtained a “rape kit” from his home.

He dragged the young teacher into a store room, sexually assaulting her and stabbing her in the neck.

The killer later drove Scott’s car to a national park and placed tree branches over her naked body, pouring petrol onto them and setting her