A Melbourne dominatrix who requested that her “slave” attack her boyfriend enough to scare him out of town has been sentenced to more than six years in prison after the pair’s victim died of his injuries.
Justice Michael Croucher said Heide Bos’ “hairbrained” plan to have another man attack partner Nicolas Cameron, 39, went sour when the accused killer went further and fatally bludgeoned the victim with a hammer and knife in the car park of his Southbank apartment complex in 2021.
Heide Bos pleaded guilty to manslaughter.Credit:
Croucher said Bos, 37, was in an on-again-off-again relationship with Cameron when she met another man – Stuart Lindsay Heron – on a website for people interested in BDSM, fetish and kink.
The pair soon entered into a “dom” and “slave” arrangement before Bos disclosed that her boyfriend was nasty and controlling.
Nicholas Cameron died at the attack scene, the court heard.
Together, they allegedly concocted an ill-conceived plan for violence, Croucher said.
“It was just past midnight when Nicholas Cameron stepped out of a 20th-floor apartment with his little dog Misty. He had no idea a man he did not know was lying in wait for him in the shadows with violence on his mind,” Croucher said. “[Heron] had agreed with Mr Cameron’s girlfriend to assault him … but nothing more. The aim was for him to leave town.
“But the assailant went way beyond the plan and attacked him with a hammer and knife. This went on for 11 minutes. Mr Cameron had no chance.
“Misty took fright and scampered away.”
Upon hearing screams for help, neighbours called police, who arrived and cornered Heron near a lift. Next to him, Croucher said, was a blood-soaked knife, handcuffs and a dog lead.
Heron told police at the scene that he attacked Cameron because he was dealing methamphetamines to children.
Heide Bos has been sentenced to six years and three months in prison.
While Bos initially denied knowing Heron, police later connected the pair via bank transactions.
Croucher said that at the time of the killing, Heron and Bos had known each other for about two months.
On the site where they met, Bos described herself as a “dom” and Heron a “slave” who prided himself on being a personal play toy.
Croucher said that in the weeks before the killing, Bos wrote: “Could you make him leave town,” before Heron replied: “Yes my lady, I can be very persuasive.”
On July 4, Heron allegedly undertook a seven-hour reconnaissance mission at the Sturt Street address, which included accessing the building.
The next day, police allege, Heron attended the property for the third time, entering the building’s car park and waiting until Cameron left his apartment with his terrier.
Cameron was declared dead at the scene at 12.45am.
A search of Heron’s Landcruiser uncovered a notebook with the name of the apartment building and its address, the time Cameron would be in his apartment and the details of valuables and cash located in two safes inside.
About 2pm on July 10, 2021, after being unable to reach Heron or Cameron on the phone, Bos texted Heron: “I changed my mind.”
The judge said Cameron’s life was taken as a result of Bos’ complicity in dangerous and unlawful conduct, and while she did not personally commit the killing, she was involved in the planning and gave Heron vital information.
“She had numerous opportunities to change her mind before the agreement was carried out. Tragically, she did not do so until it was too late,” Croucher said.
Bos, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, was sentenced to six years and three months in prison with a non-parole period of three years and three months. With time already served, she will be eligible for parole in late 2024.
Heron is due to face trial later this year for his alleged role in the attack.
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