A “triggered” Freedom Mona Maunsell Anderson felt Nicholas Braid was mendacity to her about his title earlier than fatally stabbing him on the Gold Coasta courtroom has heard.
Anderson later informed an undercover officer that she didn’t often carry a knife, preferring to make use of her fists, a Queensland Supreme Courtroom jury was informed on Wednesday.
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However Anderson informed the officer she had a “explicit grievance” with Braid and had a knife in her bag when she and an affiliate met the 35-year-old exterior a Surfers Paradise unit constructing in April 2020, the courtroom heard.
“You’ll hear the killing was an expression of some grievance that she held on the time,” crown prosecutor Stephen Muir stated.
“The accused identifies a specific grievance that she had with the deceased.
“She felt like he was mendacity to her about his title instantly previous to the incident.”
CCTV footage captured the second Anderson, now 23, stabbed Braid “with some power” earlier than he stumbled and lowered himself to the pavement, Muir stated.
Braid died at a Gold Coast hospital about half an hour later.
He suffered a 13cm-deep stab wound, puncturing his predominant artery.
Anderson was arrested the following day after police discovered the clothes she was sporting on the time of the stabbing – together with distinctive pink sneakers – in a rubbish bag.
The knife was by no means discovered.
Anderson pleaded responsible to manslaughter, nevertheless it was rejected by the prosecution.
She is on trial for homicide.
“What was within the accused’s thoughts when she stabbed the deceased in the midst of his chest – it is your willpower of that query which can resolve this trial,” Muir informed the jury.
A key perception into Anderson’s way of thinking on the time can be introduced by an undercover officer’s proof, he stated.
The officer was positioned within the Southport watchhouse with Anderson the evening of her arrest.
Within the recorded conversations, Muir stated Anderson informed the officer she and an affiliate met with Braid to “type out a scenario” with the 35-year-old.
“You’ll hear that the accused was triggered previous to the killing,” he stated.
“She explains she does not often carry a knife, preferring to make use of her fists, however on this explicit event she stated she was both going to kill somebody or herself.”
He stated Anderson additionally discusses her drug use.
Protection barrister Jacob Robson stated Anderson had admitted her duty by pleading responsible to manslaughter.
Query of intent
“She had no excuse and no lawful purpose to do what she did in that second … this trial is about your evaluation of her intention in that second,” he stated.
“This isn’t a case the place violence is defined by some intense, longstanding animosity … it is mindless.”
Robson stated intoxication was not an excuse for the stabbing.
“However it comes into play as you’re assessing somebody’s intent, take into account whether or not it clouded her judgment … (and) the way it impacts their co-ordination,” he stated.
