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Teenager pleads not guilty to murdering father on Boxing Day

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Blandis, E. (2026, October 6). Teenager pleads not guilty to murdering father on Boxing Day. ABC News (AU). https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-06/teenager-pleads-not-guilty-to-murdering-father-on-boxing-day/107233520

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ABC News (AU) · collected 2026-10-06 · by Eva Blandis

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In December 2022, a teenager pleaded not guilty to murder but admitted to manslaughter in connection with her father's death. The Director of Public Prosecutions for South Australia rejected the plea bargain for a lesser charge and insisted on pressing charges for murder. As a result, a judge-only trial is set to commence that week.

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Eva Blandis
23 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Lawyer says teen may have acted in 'excessive self-defence' before fatal stabbing In short: The lawyer for a teenager accused of murdering her father has told a court his client's victim had told her to stab him on multiple occasions before the fatal stabbing. The now-19-year-old stood trial this month after pleading not guilty to the stabbing murder of her father on Boxing Day four years ago. What's next?
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🔮 A judge said William Yeates created non-consensual AI-generated sexual material of a teenage girl and shared it online "to humiliate, degrade and harass the victim".
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🔮 In her closing address to the jury today, Ms Polymiadis's barrister said the jury cannot exclude the possibility Mrs Anderson died from broken heart syndrome upon learning she would not be going home from hospital.
2026-10-26 · assertive framing · Jury told alleged murder victim may have died from 'broken heart'
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🔮 His sentence will be handed down next month.
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🔮 Mr McBride will appear in court next month.
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🔮 What's next A judge-only trial is expected to begin this week.
2026-10-06 · assertive framing · Teenager pleads not guilty to murdering father on Boxing Day
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Director of Public Prosecutions

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Teenager pleads not guilty to murdering father on Boxing Day, 2022 In short A teenager has pleaded not guilty to murder, but guilty to manslaughter, over a 2022 incident where her father died.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-06
🔮 What's next A judge-only trial is expected to begin this week.
2026-10-06 · ABC News (AU)
Teenager pleads not guilty to murdering father on Boxing Day · assertive framing

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Teenager pleads not guilty to murdering father on Boxing Day, 2022 In short A teenager has pleaded not guilty to murder, but guilty to manslaughter, over a 2022 incident where her father died. asserted
father → plead → incident
SA's Director of Public Prosecutions has not accepted the plea to the lesser charge. asserted
Director → accept → charge
What's next A judge-only trial is expected to begin this week. asserted
trial → expect → ?
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