Corrections officers says Justin Laurens Stein told her ‘I’m not going down for this’, trial hearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAfter being charged with murdering his fiancee’s daughter, Justin Laurens Stein told a corrections officer it was actually the girl’s mother who had killed the nine-year-old during an ice binge.Stein, 33, is standing trial for murder in the NSW Supreme Court over the death of schoolgirl Charlise Mutten, whose body was found in a barrel by the Blue Mountains’ Colo River on 18 January 2022. He has pleaded not guilty. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-05-21 07:21:55
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