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Accused Darwin shooter Benjamin Hoffmann’s ‘mental impairment’ defence may not go ahead
A lawyer for the man accused of shooting four people dead in the inner suburbs of Darwin last year has told the NT Supreme Court her client may not stand on a planned defence of mental impairment.
Key points:
- A lawyer for Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann says the defence’s options are “open”
- But the defence “hasn’t got the reports” to raise a mental impairment defence
- Hoffmann has been listed to stand trial in Darwin in March 2021
Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann, 46, is listed to stand trial early next year for the alleged murder of four men — Hassan Baydoun, Michael Sisois, Nigel Hellings and Robert Courtney — on June 4 last year.
Mr Hoffmann’s lawyers have previously told the court their client would plead not guilty to all charges, by reason of mental…
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