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Darwin mass shooter Benjamin Hoffman’s lawyers still deciding on mental impairment defence
The NT Supreme Court has heard it is still unclear if the man charged over a mass shooting in Darwin in 2019 will mount a defence of mental impairment less than two months out from the beginning of his murder trial.
Key points:
- Four men were killed in a mass shooting in Darwin in June 2019
- Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann is charged with four counts of murder and other offences
- His trial has been listed for nine weeks beginning in March
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 a series of shootings in the inner suburbs of Darwin in June 2019.
Mr Hoffman’s case returned to the Supreme Court today for a…
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