Man arrested for murder
A homeless man has been charged with rape and murder after 4 Asian students were sexually assaulted by a knife wielding intruder in Sydney. An 18 year old Chinese girl and her 19 year old Korean boyfriend were killed when they fell naked from the 3rd floor balcony.
Police suspect that the Australian man raped the young couple repeatedly and forced the boyfriend assault the 2 other women. Brendan Dennison, 26, is charged with murder, various sexual assault charges, assault with a weapon, and robbery. (news)
Stress and depression doesn’t justify murder
The so called “grandma killer” got life in prison as his sentence. The judge didn’t buy his argument that he was stressed and a depressed teenager. He gets into an argument with his grandma, things get heated and they start fighting. He grabs a knife and kills her.
What gets me is that he uses a pillow, covers her head, then stabs her. This implies he didn’t want to get blood on himself OR he didn’t want to see her face as he stabbed her. Guilt. On top of this he then later goes to a party?! What sick bastard does this? How can you go to a party after you have just murdered someone? A psychopath, that’s who.
I hope prison treats him poorly.
Old couple murdered over cat dispute
A 42 year old woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of an elderly couple on the New South Wales far south coast.
Tracey Lee Pratt faced Batemans Bay Local Court today charged with murdering Ken Keyte, 86, and his wife Margaret Keyte, 71.
The couple’s bodies were found by police at their home on Beach Road, Batehaven, about 9.30pm (AEST) on August 10.
Both had severe head injuries which police believe were caused by a blunt instrument. (news)
Caroline Byrne jury discharged after misconduct
A jury has been discharged at the murder trial of Gordon Wood, who is accused of throwing his model girlfriend off a cliff.
In discharging the seven women and five men today, Justice Graham Barr said the evidence showed there had been “misconduct” from one or more of the jurors.
He concluded one juror had telephoned a journalist last Thursday to say some jury members planned to have a private night inspection of the death scene of model Caroline Byrne.
The judge added such a visit would be contrary to his specific instructions given at the start of the New South Wales Supreme Court trial last week.
Wood, 45, has pleaded not guilty to murdering 24-year-old Ms Byrne in June 1995 by throwing her over the cliff at The Gap, in Sydney’s east. (news)
Man charged with murder
A man has been charged with murder after a body was found following a small house fire in Melbourne.
Benjamin John Duckworth, 33, from Footscray, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court late Monday following his arrest at Royal Melbourne Hospital, where he was taken following the fire on Sunday night.
Firefighters found Duckworth sleeping in a front bedroom of the smoke-filled boarding house in Hyde Street, Footscray, Detective Sergeant Rod Iddles said.
The 48-year-old victim’s body was found with stab wounds in the kitchen by a neighbour who had climbed through a window, Det Sgt Iddles said. (news)
