Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for a man who bashed a rough sleeper to death simply because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for a man who bashed a rough sleeper to death simply because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time . Kevin James Pettiford said he went back and forth in his mind about whether to kill 56-year-old Andrew Murray, who in November 2019 was sleeping rough in Tweed Heads, in far-northThe 38-year-old was arrested soon after intentionally bashing Murray to death with several large rocks, making a full confession to investigators.
Kevin Pettiford speaks to police after he was handcuffed on a bus. (NSW SUPREME COURT/SUPPLIED/SMH) A jury rejected a plea of not guilty on the grounds of mental impairment in December, finding Pettiford guilty of one count of murder and another count of attempted murder over a later incident in which he attacked a fellow inmate. Crown prosecutor Brendan Campbell told a NSW Supreme Court hearing on Thursday that a term of life imprisonment was the only suitable punishment given the circumstances of the crime."It represented a denial of Murray's humanit
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