Jilted husband Mark Budimir jailed for 'power-slam' killing of wife's lover Mark Budimir (left) killed Dino Moresco (right) after learning he was having an affair with his wife Jana (centre). A MAN who "power-slammed" his estranged wife's lover and incinerated his body has been jailed for 18 years. Mark Budimir, 44, fatally attacked 34-year-old Dino Moresco and later told his wife Jana he had been trying to reunite his family. Mr Moresco's charred remains were found in Brooklyn on October 30, 2011, after an earlier altercation between the men. The Supreme Court jury took just one day to return the guilty verdict. Colin Lovitt, QC, for Budimir, had argued through the two-week trial that his his client had acted in self-defence when he became involved in an altercation with Mr Moresco on October 30, 2011, outside Mr Moresco's Brooklyn garden statue factory. It was argued he had not intended to kill Mr Moresco despite suspecting he had been having an affair with his wife. During the altercation Budimir lifted Mr Moresco to head height and threw him to the ground as hard as he could, resulting in Mr Moresco striking his head on the ground. The court heard he then stood on Mr Moresco's chest a number of times to prevent him from getting up. A post-mortem examination found Mr Moresco died from blunt-force trauma to the head and abdomen, either of which would have been fatal. Budimir then took Mr Moresco's body to a dumping site in Brooklyn, where he placed it in a rubbish bin, set it alight and fled. Firefighters found human remains after extinguishing the fire about 9.20pm and alerted police. Justice Geoffrey Nettle told Budimir he inflicted massive injuries on the much smaller man. "You literally pummelled him to death," he said. The following morning Budimir called his wife 10 times in nine minutes, essentially blaming her for Mr Moresco's death. He also called a homicide squad detective and said he felt relieved, but the death was not premeditated: "not murder, maybe manslaughter or self-defence." He was arrested later that day. Budimir had confronted Mr Moresco twice about his suspected relationship with his wife - once telling him: "When I decide to do something about this, it is going to make the front page of the newspaper." Budimir received a non-parole period of 16 years.