Trial begins of second teen accused over stabbing death of 41-year-old on Boxing Day 2022
home held a serrated knife centimetres from the face of his accomplice, illuminated by the light of a mobile phone.
Lovell was allegedly stabbed to death on the lawn outside her North Lakes home, north of Brisbane, after midnight on 27 December 2022 during a home invasion allegedly carried out by two 17-year-old boys. That the young man on trial this week entered the Lovell home with the other teenager is not in dispute.
“It is from that point in time, at least, that the crown will say that the common intention to steal has developed into a common intention to steal while armed with a knife,” Nardone said. Lee said he had woken to the sound of one of their two dogs, petitioned off in the back of the house, barking.“Immediately it was one male in the doorway, right in front of my face,” he said.
“By the time I looked back at Emma, I believe she was sitting on the ground with knees up, with her head towards her knees.”
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