A fortnight after being found not guilty of murder, a convicted rapist has been handed the longest manslaughter sentence in Western Australian history.
Francis Wark has been jailed for 18 years for killing Hayley Dodd, a 17-year-old girl who vanished on a remote dirt road in WA's Wheatbelt region in 1999.
She was last seen hitchhiking near Wark's property.
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He will be eligible for parole after 16 years, but will not be granted an early release until he reveals the location of Hayley's body.
Wark has been behind bars since 2007, first for raping a hitchhiker in Queensland, and then while awaiting trial over Hayley's death.
Hayley's family were visibly upset in court after Wark was found not guilty of murder on March 31.
"A manslaughter charge is stuff-all. He won't die in prison," her sister Toni said.
Police had initially concluded there was no forensic evidence linking Wark to Hayley's disappearance.
But after a review of the evidence in 2013, police found Hayley's earring caught in the fabric of the car seat covers of the ute Wark had been driving that day.
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