27-05-2025
Convicted killer back behind bars for choking woman unconscious
A CONVICTED killer who stabbed a fellow abattoir worker 49 times at a unit in Scone in 2018 is back behind bars after choking a woman unconscious.
Jamie Cust, now 27, was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter in 2021 after a jury accepted he was acting in response to "extreme provocation" when he brutally stabbed his "mentor" at JBS Meatworks, 41-year-old Filipino national Jesus Bebita, in a unit in Parker Street on the night of December 17, 2018.
Cust had never denied stabbing Mr Bebita, but claimed after a night of drinking together, he awoke to Mr Bebita sexually assaulting him and "freaked out", losing self-control and repeatedly stabbing his colleague in the bedroom before chasing him down the hall as Mr Bebita desperately tried to escape.
He then attempted to burn the unit down.
Cust was later jailed for a maximum of six years, with a non-parole period of four-and-a-half years after a judge found he was provoked and lost control after being the victim of a "serious act of sexual violence".
Cust was released on parole in 2023 and began an on-again, off-again relationship with the victim a short time later.
In December last year, the pair were at a home at Mayfield when Cust shoved the victim down onto the bed and began choking her, using two hands around her neck until she lost consciousness.
Cust was two days away from finishing his parole period for killing Mr Bebita and was taken back behind bars after his arrest.
He pleaded not guilty to intentionally choke person with recklessness and common assault and was represented by solicitor Donna Smith when he faced a hearing in Newcastle Local Court in April that ended with Magistrate John Chicken finding him guilty of both charges.
Cust was late last week jailed for a maximum of two years, with a non-parole period of 14 months, making him eligible for parole in February, 2026.
A CONVICTED killer who stabbed a fellow abattoir worker 49 times at a unit in Scone in 2018 is back behind bars after choking a woman unconscious.
Jamie Cust, now 27, was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter in 2021 after a jury accepted he was acting in response to "extreme provocation" when he brutally stabbed his "mentor" at JBS Meatworks, 41-year-old Filipino national Jesus Bebita, in a unit in Parker Street on the night of December 17, 2018.
Cust had never denied stabbing Mr Bebita, but claimed after a night of drinking together, he awoke to Mr Bebita sexually assaulting him and "freaked out", losing self-control and repeatedly stabbing his colleague in the bedroom before chasing him down the hall as Mr Bebita desperately tried to escape.
He then attempted to burn the unit down.
Cust was later jailed for a maximum of six years, with a non-parole period of four-and-a-half years after a judge found he was provoked and lost control after being the victim of a "serious act of sexual violence".
Cust was released on parole in 2023 and began an on-again, off-again relationship with the victim a short time later.
In December last year, the pair were at a home at Mayfield when Cust shoved the victim down onto the bed and began choking her, using two hands around her neck until she lost consciousness.
Cust was two days away from finishing his parole period for killing Mr Bebita and was taken back behind bars after his arrest.
He pleaded not guilty to intentionally choke person with recklessness and common assault and was represented by solicitor Donna Smith when he faced a hearing in Newcastle Local Court in April that ended with Magistrate John Chicken finding him guilty of both charges.
Cust was late last week jailed for a maximum of two years, with a non-parole period of 14 months, making him eligible for parole in February, 2026.
A CONVICTED killer who stabbed a fellow abattoir worker 49 times at a unit in Scone in 2018 is back behind bars after choking a woman unconscious.
Jamie Cust, now 27, was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter in 2021 after a jury accepted he was acting in response to "extreme provocation" when he brutally stabbed his "mentor" at JBS Meatworks, 41-year-old Filipino national Jesus Bebita, in a unit in Parker Street on the night of December 17, 2018.
Cust had never denied stabbing Mr Bebita, but claimed after a night of drinking together, he awoke to Mr Bebita sexually assaulting him and "freaked out", losing self-control and repeatedly stabbing his colleague in the bedroom before chasing him down the hall as Mr Bebita desperately tried to escape.
He then attempted to burn the unit down.
Cust was later jailed for a maximum of six years, with a non-parole period of four-and-a-half years after a judge found he was provoked and lost control after being the victim of a "serious act of sexual violence".
Cust was released on parole in 2023 and began an on-again, off-again relationship with the victim a short time later.
In December last year, the pair were at a home at Mayfield when Cust shoved the victim down onto the bed and began choking her, using two hands around her neck until she lost consciousness.
Cust was two days away from finishing his parole period for killing Mr Bebita and was taken back behind bars after his arrest.
He pleaded not guilty to intentionally choke person with recklessness and common assault and was represented by solicitor Donna Smith when he faced a hearing in Newcastle Local Court in April that ended with Magistrate John Chicken finding him guilty of both charges.
Cust was late last week jailed for a maximum of two years, with a non-parole period of 14 months, making him eligible for parole in February, 2026.
A CONVICTED killer who stabbed a fellow abattoir worker 49 times at a unit in Scone in 2018 is back behind bars after choking a woman unconscious.
Jamie Cust, now 27, was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter in 2021 after a jury accepted he was acting in response to "extreme provocation" when he brutally stabbed his "mentor" at JBS Meatworks, 41-year-old Filipino national Jesus Bebita, in a unit in Parker Street on the night of December 17, 2018.
Cust had never denied stabbing Mr Bebita, but claimed after a night of drinking together, he awoke to Mr Bebita sexually assaulting him and "freaked out", losing self-control and repeatedly stabbing his colleague in the bedroom before chasing him down the hall as Mr Bebita desperately tried to escape.
He then attempted to burn the unit down.
Cust was later jailed for a maximum of six years, with a non-parole period of four-and-a-half years after a judge found he was provoked and lost control after being the victim of a "serious act of sexual violence".
Cust was released on parole in 2023 and began an on-again, off-again relationship with the victim a short time later.
In December last year, the pair were at a home at Mayfield when Cust shoved the victim down onto the bed and began choking her, using two hands around her neck until she lost consciousness.
Cust was two days away from finishing his parole period for killing Mr Bebita and was taken back behind bars after his arrest.
He pleaded not guilty to intentionally choke person with recklessness and common assault and was represented by solicitor Donna Smith when he faced a hearing in Newcastle Local Court in April that ended with Magistrate John Chicken finding him guilty of both charges.
Cust was late last week jailed for a maximum of two years, with a non-parole period of 14 months, making him eligible for parole in February, 2026.
