A killer relationship: Droudis and Monis

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYDNEY SIEGE GUNMAN MAN HARON MONIS AND MURDERER AMIRAH DROUDIS:

2006

Amirah Droudis meets Man Haron Monis, also known as Sheik Haron, through his spiritual healing and clairvoyant business.

2007

Monis starts sending offensive letters to the families of dead Australian soldiers.

2011

Monis accused of sending the offensive letters while Droudis is accused of aiding and abetting him. They are charged because the letters - which criticised Australia's military involvement in Afghanistan - were seen to "menace, harass or cause offence".

Separately Monis is charged with stalking and intimidating his ex-wife and pleads not guilty.

2013

April - The body of Monis' ex-wife is found in a stairwell of a Werrington apartment block.

September - Monis is sentenced to 300 hours of community service and placed on a two-year good behaviour bond for 12 counts of using a postal service to cause offence. Droudis is sentenced to a two-year bond for aiding and abetting him.

November - Droudis is charged with murdering Monis's partner and is refused bail. Monis is charged with being an accessory before and after the fact and also refused bail.

December - Monis is granted strict conditional bail.

2014

April - Monis appears in Kogarah Local Court charged with sexual intercourse without consent and two counts of indecent assault relating to incidents in 2002 where he touched a woman's breasts and painted liquid on her while working as a "spiritual healer".

May - He's granted bail on the condition of daily reporting just six days after new bail laws take effect.

December 12 - Monis appears before the High Court for an unsuccessful application to have his conviction for sending the threatening letters overturned.

December 15 - Monis takes 17 hostages in Sydney CBD's Lindt cafe. The 16-hour siege leaves him and two hostages dead.

December 22 - Droudis' bail is revoked.

2015

October - Droudis pleads not guilty to murdering Monis' ex-wife.

2016

August - Droudis' judge-alone trial opens at the NSW Supreme Court.

November - Droudis is found guilty of murder.

2017

February - Justice Peter Johnson sentences Droudis to 44 years in jail with a non-parole period of 33 years. With time already served in custody she'll be eligible for parole in December 2047.