NSW prosecutors call for life sentence for Justin Stein, who killed nine-year-old Charlise Mutten and dumped her body in a barrel
Justin Stein ‘made the conscious decision to shoot Charlise Mutten in the back and then follow this up with a fatal shot to the face at close range’, crown prosecutor Ken McKay told the NSW supreme court.Justin Stein ‘made the conscious decision to shoot Charlise Mutten in the back and then follow this up with a fatal shot to the face at close range’, crown prosecutor Ken McKay told the NSW supreme court.
She spent the night of 11 January alone with Stein at a property at Mount Wilson, in the Blue Mountains, while her mother stayed at a caravan at the Riviera Ski Park, about a 90-minute drive away.Read more Charlise’s grandfather Clinton Mutten, who was her primary carer, said the failure to protect the young girl would haunt his family for the rest of their lives.
“Her murder by a person of whom she trusted, was calling ‘daddy’ and hoped for him to one day be a caring father for her, I believe breaches all sense of decency and trust,” he told the court.“These are questions that I believe will never be answered and will be a burden that I will carry for the rest of my life.”“The offender made the conscious decision to shoot Charlise Mutten in the back and then follow this up with a fatal shot to the face at close range,” he said.
Stein would later admit dumping the body, but claimed he panicked after discovering it on the back of his ute.An adult dose of the drug would have a profound sedating effect on a child, the court heard.
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