The man who pleaded guilty to Dr Peter Dunne’s manslaughter has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, with a non-parole period of eight years.

Justice Michael Copley said that Thomas Hill, now 37, showed no remorse after deliberately hitting the 53-year-old Brisbane GP with a car in February 2019.

Dr Dunne encountered Mr Hill during his regular 4am jog, when Mr Hill’s mother said she thought Dr Dunne called her son “an idiot or something”.

Mr Hill, who had schizophrenia according to psychological reports, responded by driving into Mr Dunne, inflicting catastrophic brain injury and multiple fractures.