A jury has begun deliberations over the alleged murder of Charlise Mutten after being told the issue in the case is not how the schoolgirl died but who pulled the trigger.
Charlise's body was found near the Colo River, northwest of Sydney, on January 18, 2022 with gunshot wounds to her face and lower back.
It could take the 12 men and women days or just hours to arrive at a unanimous verdict following a trial that has run for two weeks less than expected. Many of the facts of the case were not in dispute, including that Charlise died from gunshot wounds she sustained at or near a Mount Wilson estate owned by Stein's mother, the jury heard.The judge told jurors that if they found there was a reasonable possibility that Mutten shot her own daughter, they must find Stein not guilty.READ MORE:Charlise Mutten's body was found near the Colo River, northwest of Sydney, on January 18, 2022 with gunshot wounds to her face and lower back.
The trio spent their time between the Mount Wilson property and a caravan at the Riviera Ski Park, about a 90-minute drive away, the trial was told. Justin Stein says Kallista Mutten shot her daughter and placed her body in a barrel on the back of his ute without his knowledge.
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