‘It’s Not Murder’: Woman’s Killer Claims Self-Defence

‘I didn’t intend to hurt her. It’s not murder, it was not premeditated.’
‘It’s Not Murder’: Woman’s Killer Claims Self-Defence
Police attend the scene of a multiple stabbing in Cairns, Australia, on Dec. 19, 2014. Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images
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A man falsely claimed his partner had died after a ute accident but later told police he was acting in self-defence by tackling her into the wall of a remote bush hut, a court has heard.

Rohen James Hanson has admitted killing his then-partner Dee Annear during a camping trip in September 2021 but has pleaded not guilty to murder, saying it was never his intention to kill her.