This man’s DNA was also on the bonnet of the Toyota and Mr Barrow said nothing in the adult’s testimony explained either of these forensic matters. He suggested one “out of control” adult could be the real murderer, partly as it was likely this man’s DNA was found near a cut at the back of the 18-year-old’s jacket, which was damaged from where he had been stabbed below his right shoulder. However, barrister David Barrow, representing the accused, said there were far more of the 16-year-old’s bloodstains than the 18-year-old’s and the theory was an “untested idea”. Ms Christensen said blood from the 18-year-old and his 16-year-old cousin was found on the inside of the accused’s pants, and the marks left behind were consistent with the accused putting the knife in his pants twice. The accused claimed he found a knife on the ground in front of the Toyota during the fight before using it to stab the 16-year-old, and he put it in his pants when he left the scene. READ ALSO Albanese steers APS back on course after Coalition storms Ms Christensen alleged between when the 16-year-old was stabbed and the adults went to get the tools, “that’s the opportunity that has to stab ”. In Crown Prosecutor Rebecca Christensen SC’s closing submissions, she said a boy then produced a machete, then there was a pause in the melee while the three adults went to get gardening tools from the Triton ute they arrived in and used the tools to smash the Toyota. The 16-year-old was stabbed soon after he was pulled from the passenger’s side of the Toyota 86, while one of the three adults pulled the 18-year-old driver out of the same car and assaulted him with the two other men as well. The accused and other young witnesses also could not be named as they were under 18 at the time of the fight. Numerous non-publication orders were made for the trial, prohibiting the release of the names of the 18-year-old and the three other adults who went to the skatepark, as well as the details of the Snapchat argument and the contents of a video one of the adults filmed which the accused’s barrister described as “frankly just horrifying”. READ ALSO Ethics-studying child sex offender accused of grooming boys in AIS pool change roomsĪ forensic pathologist said two of the stabs were 12 cm deep, including a stab to the heart, and the same knife could have caused the wounds to both victims.
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