Hamilton break-in murder: Benjamin Batterham on trial over death of Richard Slater

By Sam Rigney
Updated November 4 2019 - 10:00pm, first published 6:00pm
ACCUSED: Benjamin Batterham leaving Newcastle courthouse on Monday. He has pleaded not guilty to murder over the death of Richard Slater. Picture: Simone De Peak
ACCUSED: Benjamin Batterham leaving Newcastle courthouse on Monday. He has pleaded not guilty to murder over the death of Richard Slater. Picture: Simone De Peak

BENJAMIN Batterham had a legal right to chase and restrain the man who he found inside his Hamilton home in the early hours of Easter Saturday in 2016.

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