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Accused Darwin shooter Benjamin Hoffmann’s lawyers not filing material for mental impairment defence
The Northern Territory Supreme Court has been told the man charged over a shooting event in Darwin does not anticipate filing material to support a mental impairment defence.
Key points:
- Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann is accused of carrying out a series of shootings in Darwin in June 2019
- Court hears defence has no plans to file its own material for potential mental impairment defence
- Defence lawyers told the court the trial listed to begin later this month will not be delayed
Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann is charged with the alleged murder of four men — Hassan Baydoun, Michael Sisois, Nigel Hellings and Robert Courtney — and other serious offences in relation to the incident in Darwin city in June 2019.
Mr Hoffmann’s case returned to the Supreme…
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