One of five men charged in relation to the alleged murder of 41-year-old Tyron Beauchamp in 2018 has been sentenced to a non-parole period of 12 months.
Tyron Beauchamp's burnt body was found by Rural Fire Service volunteers in the Yarratt State Forest north of Taree, on the New South Wales mid-north coast two days after Christmas in 2018.
His hands had been cut off and teeth removed, and the remains set alight.
Police allege he was killed early on Christmas morning.
The person sentenced today cannot be named, by court order, but he admitted to charges of hindering a police investigation and concealing an indictable offence.
The court heard three people went to his home on Christmas Day, 2015 and one handed him a plastic bag of clothing and asked him to get rid of it, saying he had been in a fight.
The man poured petrol on it and set it alight.
The court was told he later heard on the news about a body being found and "joined the dots".
"[He] realised that in fact, his associate friend … had, with others, been involved in a murder and the bag of clothing he had burnt … was connected to the murder," Judge Roy Ellis said.
The man told the court he did not go to the police because he had fears for his family and said he was "ashamed to be a part of it".
The court heard his history of offending includes drug-related matters, stealing and assaults but he has lined up work upon his release and "wants to make a change" for his family.
Judge Ellis convicted him on both charges and sentenced him to an aggregate sentence of two years and three months in jail with a non-parole period of one year.
The man has been in prison since his arrest in May last year and, with time served, he will be eligible for parole in August.
Judge Ellis told him to "find law-abiding people to be friends with" and to stay off drugs.
