A New South Wales murder trial has heard shocking details of how a man was seriously beaten as he visited a homeless friend underneath a Queanbeyan bridge on Boxing Day in 2019.Alan William Delaney, 53, is under trial for the murder of homeless man Aaron Baxter in 2019
Joseph Weiwiti, who was also homeless, says he watched Mr Delaney threaten Mr Baxter and then bash his headAaron Baxter died in hospital from a ruptured spleen later that day.Prosecutors say they will rely on text messages, Facebook posts and the accounts of witnesses to the bashing. One witness, Joseph Weiwiti, told the court that Mr Baxter had come to see him as he cooked breakfast under Queens Bridge in Queanbeyan.The court heard he had been cooking two-minute noodles when the pair heard Mr Delaney approaching and yelling abuse."'I'm going to f***ing kill you,'" he said Mr Delaney had threatened."You told my missus you were taking me to a brothel," Mr Delaney reportedly said.
He said that later, as Mr Baxter tried to escape, Mr Delaney kneed him under the ribs more than once, before telling Mr Baxter to "get down to the river now so I can f***ing drown you".Detective Senior Constable Dean James told the court that, at one point, Mr Baxter rolled onto his side and groaned.The officer said he heard later in the morning that Mr Baxter had died in hospital.
Mr Delaney's lawyers have told the jury they must consider what caused Mr Baxter's death and whether Mr Delaney intended to kill him.
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