Court hears Charlise Mutten was ‘still alive’ when she was allegedly shot in the Blue Mountains

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WARNING: Distressing content Schoolgirl Charlise Mutten was likely still alive when shot once in the back, before being shot fatally in the head, a murder trial has been told. The nine-year-old had traces of a heavy-duty medication in her system which can cause severe drowsiness and disorientation in children, toxicology results revealed. Justin Stein, 33, has pleaded not guilty to murdering the nine-year-old in January 2022 as he stands trial in the NSW Supreme Court.

“It is impossible to estimate a dose or time when the quetiapine was ingested,” she told the court. Perl said it would be highly unlikely a nine-year-old would be prescribed the drug and an adult dose ingested by a child would likely cause “significant sedation and vomiting”. “It’s a drug which can produce central nervous system suppress,” she said. “It alters the level of alertness in a person.

 

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