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A man who is set to face trial for the murder of Victorian mother Samantha Murphy has been fined $2500 after he admitted careless, drug and drink driving charges. Patrick Stephenson, 24, appeared on Thursday via videolink in Ballarat Magistrates Court where he pleaded guilty to three offences committed on October 1, 2023. The son of ex-AFL footballer Orren Stephenson was riding his motorcycle home after attending a party to celebrate the grand final when he came off it about 1.
His barrister Moya O’Brien asked for her client to be fined for the offending and acknowledged he is on remand in prison for more serious offences. He has separately been committed to stand trial for the murder of missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy, after pleading not guilty to the offence in November. O’Brien said it was “most fortunately” a single-vehicle accident in wet road conditions and only Stephenson was injured.
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