A "pure evil monster" whose fatal beating of his disabled partner left her almost unrecognisable has been jailed for at least nine years.

Robert Karl Huber, 69, was often violent with his partner Lindy "Kimmy" Lucena, 64, during their five-year relationship before he killed her on January 3, 2023.

The couple had been staying in the courtyard behind a Salvation Army store at Ballina in the NSW Northern Rivers region after becoming homeless following floods in 2022.

Huber had drunk half a bottle of gin and popped sedatives when he attacked his partner in a sustained assault involving at least five blows that left her seriously injured.

Ms Lucena's daughter broke down in tears on Thursday as she recalled how she barely recognised her mother's body because of the extensive damage.

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