The court heard Darcy Schafer-Turner was "unconditionally loved by his family" as his school friend was sentenced to six-and-a-half years imprisonment.
The jury on Tuesday was played several police body-worn camera videos of a wailing Danny Zayat with officers at the scene when police found his ex-partner's body.
Danny Zayat has pleaded not guilty over the alleged murder of his former partner Tatiana Dokhotaru on May 26, 2023, in a high-rise complex in Sydney's south-west.
Ron Brierley, 88, was charged in March with three counts of the offence, about three years after an appeals court overturned a previous jail term for similar offending because of his ill-health and conditions in custody.
The judge ordered ABC to pay a fine of $150,000 for unlawfully sacking journalist and presenter Antoinette Lattouf for reasons including her political opinions.