Charlise Mutten murder trial: nine-year-old was ‘excited’ before fatal Christmas trip with alleged killer, jury told

Schoolgirl once asked her grandfather if her alleged killer Justin Stein would make a good dad, NSW supreme court hears

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Charlise Mutten was happy to be spending Christmas with her mother and alleged killer before she was shot and her body dumped in a barrel, a jury has heard.

Justin Laurens Stein, 33, is accused of murdering the schoolgirl on or around 12 January 2022 at Mount Wilson in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.

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