A slave who wanted to scare off his dominatrix’s boyfriend, but snapped and committed a bloody murder, will spend at least fifteen years behind bars.
Stuart Lindsay Heron waited in the shadows of the parking lot of a Melbourne apartment complex for his target, Nick Cameron, to take his little dog, Misty, for a walk.
Stuart Lindsay Heron (pictured centre) was sentenced to 22 years behind bars for the death of Nick Cameron, after beating him to death with a hammer outside his Melbourne apartment
He was holding a hammer and knife as he charged Cameron next to the 39-year-old man’s red car.
Heron claimed he brought the hammer to destroy explicit videos of his master, dominatrix Heide Bos, that Cameron threatened to distribute.
But instead, after a struggle, Heron snapped and hammered Cameron “savagely and brutally,” Judge Michael Croucher told the Supreme Court.
“This lasted 10 harrowing minutes, Mr Cameron didn’t stand a chance,” the judge said on Friday.
Judge Croucher said Cameron’s injuries, including multiple stab and blunt head wounds, were extensive and shocking.
When found by police wedged between a concrete wall and the car, Cameron was “covered in blood, gasping and moaning.”
Heron said he fell in love with Bos after meeting her on FetLife, a kink and fetish website, about six weeks before the murder.
He became her slave and offered to do ‘anything’ for Bos.
Bos told Heron about her relationship with Mr Cameron, including that he abused her, raped her and threatened to share intimate videos.
The pair devised a plan to scare Cameron and get him to leave town.
Heron began to monitor Mr. Cameron, visited his apartment building several times to track his movements, and stole a key box containing his victim’s keys.
After an argument with Mr. Cameron, Bos gave Heron permission to confront him on July 9, 2021.
Nick Cameron (pictured) was killed outside his Melbourne apartment on July 10, 2021, after being beaten to death by Stuart Heron
She coaxed her boyfriend out of his apartment to where Heron was waiting for Mr. Cameron in the parking lot.
Neighbors heard Mr Cameron shout ‘no, no’ and ‘stop’ as Heron attacked him in a ‘frenzied’ and ‘sickening manner’, Judge Croucher said.
Heron was arrested trying to exit the apartment complex via an elevator, while a blood-soaked knife was found on the floor next to him.
He was found with a bloodied hammer, silver handcuffs, a dog leash, a multi-tool and a lighter.
Heron pleaded guilty to Cameron’s murder about two months before the trial was due to begin.
He was emotionless and stared straight ahead at Judge Croucher as he was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
Heron must serve 15 years before he can apply for parole and has already served two years of his sentence.
Dominatrix Heide Bos (pictured right) told Mr Heron to scare off her boyfriend after she claimed Mr Cameron abused and raped her and threatened to share intimate videos of her
Cameron’s family embraced in court after hearing his killer’s verdict.
A man yelled at Heron, “That’s life for you son, you’ll never get out of it, you’re a failure.”
Bos was sentenced to a maximum of six years and three months in prison earlier this year after admitting to manslaughter for her complicity in organizing the attack.