‘Volatile’ Relationship Before Woman’s Camp-Hut Killing

Rohen Hanson assaulted his partner, resulting in “particularly serious injuries” to her head and skull, which ultimately caused her death.

A police vehicle and tape in Cairns, Australia, on Dec. 19, 2014. Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images

In the midst of a relationship mired by domestic violence, drugs and alcohol, a woman was violently assaulted by her partner and killed in a remote bush hut, a court has heard.

Rohen James Hanson is on trial for the murder of his then-partner Dee Annear during a camping trip in September 2021.