The lawyer of a 21-year-old is arguing he stabbed three men, including one fatally, in an act of self-defence after a group of 'enemy friends' stormed his hotel room on Australia Day in 2020. 9News
Three minutes later a member of the group, 18-year-old Kane Alexanderson, was back downstairs awaiting an ambulance nursing two stab wounds."The question in this trial very much revolves around the question of self-defence," crown prosecutor David Nardone told the jury.
After gaining entry to Elkerton-Sandy's apartment there was an exchange of words and they started to fight.Elkerton-Sandy, 21, is accused of stabbing three people including Alexanderson twice. Alexanderson suffered a six-centimetre stab wound that penetrated his heart which caused internal bleeding, leading to cardiac arrest and he died on February 1.He said he did not realise that he had booked an apartment across from Alexanderson's group until they started swearing at him from the balcony, the court heard.
Elkerton-Sandy told police that Alexanderson's group burst in, smashed bottles over his head and pinned him against the balcony.He claimed he was "half hanging over" the balcony and thought he was going to die before his girlfriend grabbed him, court heard.
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