Not guilty plea over Boxing Day murder of Steven O'Brien at Mayfield

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Updated April 14 2021 - 11:24pm, first published November 11 2020 - 2:00pm
TRAGIC: Steven O'Brien died after he was stabbed in a backyard at Mayfield on Boxing Day last year.
TRAGIC: Steven O'Brien died after he was stabbed in a backyard at Mayfield on Boxing Day last year.

THE man accused of murdering father-of-three Steven O'Brien in a backyard at Mayfield on Boxing Day last year has pleaded not guilty, with the trial likely to come down to the evidence and credibility of the sole witness to the stabbing.

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Sam Rigney

Court Reporter

Sam began his Newcastle Herald career as a night police reporter in 2011. He is an experienced court reporter who has won two national court reporting awards, including the Kennedy Award for Outstanding Court Reporting for his coverage of the Hunter's worst serial rapist. Before working at the Herald, Sam was a sports journalist with the Maitland Mercury where he won awards for his coverage of the Newcastle Rugby League salary cap scandal. Sam is a Novocastrian born-and-bred.

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