Benjamin Batterham murder trial: prosecution and defence deliver their closing addresses

By Sam Rigney
Updated November 16 2019 - 8:11am, first published 8:00am
ACCUSED: Benjamin Batterham leaving Newcastle courthouse during his trial. Mr Batterham has pleaded not guilty to murder over the death of Richard Slater in 2016.
ACCUSED: Benjamin Batterham leaving Newcastle courthouse during his trial. Mr Batterham has pleaded not guilty to murder over the death of Richard Slater in 2016.

BENJAMIN Batterham must be acquitted of both murder and manslaughter over the death of Richard Slater, who broke into Mr Batterham's Hamilton home in 2016, because the expert medical evidence has not established with any certainty the primary cause of Mr Slater's death, Newcastle Supreme Court has heard.

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