feared he would go back to prison if the girl did not return to Queensland, shortly before she went missing, a jury has heard."It seemed strange," the neighbour told a court today.Charlise Mutten, nine, was found dead in a barrel in the NSW Blue Mountains in January 2022.
The neighbour who came across Stein digging in the bush near their properties after his german shepherd took an interest said it looked like he was hiding, lying face down in a culvert, before he asked Stein what he was doing. He recalled conversation about custody of the girl, who had been living on the Gold Coast before visiting her mother.Justin Stein, 33, is facing trial for the murder of the schoolgirl.
Stein claims he was in a shed on the property when he heard a gunshot, emerging to see the nine-year-old's mother Kallista Mutten shoot her daughter a second time.Senior Constable Graeme Gray allegedly found those guns buried off a fire trail near the property in February, after Charlise had been found dead.
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