‘He's full dead, bro': Distressing final moments of stabbing death of doctor aired in court
A teenager told his friends 'just killed a guy. Like, he's dead bro', after stabbing a Melbourne doctor in the driveway of a Doncaster street.
The then-16-year-old had broken into the Doncaster home of doctor Ashley Gordon twice in one night to steal shoes, jewellery and electronics.
The teenager also allegedly showed the bloodied knife to friends before saying he needed to burn his clothes, a court has heard.
The now 17-year-old, who cannot be named due to his age, has pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated burglary and not guilty to a charge of murder.
On the first day of the trial into the 33-year-old's alleged murder, distressing details of the doctor's final moments, and the two home invasions that preceded his death, were aired in the Supreme Court.
The court heard the boy and his co-accused, who was also 16 at the time, had been drinking at a friend's party at a house in the same street as Gordon's home on the evening of January 12 last year. The other, now 17-year-old boy, has also been charged over Gordon's death and will face a separate trial.
The hearing was told in the early hours of January 13 the two teenage boys began talking about stealing a black Mercedes they had seen parked in Gordon's garage.
The court was told that some time after 3am the teenage boy, and his co-accused left the party and walked to Gordon's home, which he shared with his lifelong friend, Tristen Standing.
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