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Cara Hales murder trial told Jesse de Beaux saw ‘sign from god’ before Munster killing
A man who smashed his way into a Perth house and fatally stabbed a woman was in a psychotic state at the time and believed he was “being controlled by a god”, WA’s Supreme Court has been told.
Key points:
- Jesse de Beaux left a psychiatric facility just days before the killing
- He denies murder, saying he “was not of sound mind” at the time
- A psychiatrist says Cara Hales was “in the wrong place at the wrong time”
Jesse John de Beaux, 25 is on trial accused of the murder of 30-year-old Cara Hales, who was stabbed dozens of times in the bedroom of her Munster home three days after Christmas in 2018.
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