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Woman's accused killer hit with further charges

By AAP Newswire

Jul 2, 2024

Police vehicle — A man has been accused of further offences after police charged him with domestic violence murder. -AAP Image

Further charges have been laid against a man who allegedly stabbed a woman to death before fleeing the scene and causing a car crash.

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The 51-year-old woman was allegedly fatally stabbed by the man, who was known to her, at a property at Mighell near Innisfail in northern Queensland on Friday afternoon.

The 51-year-old man is accused of fleeing the scene before police arrived and crashing a car into a truck on Bruce Highway at Sandy Pocket.

He allegedly fled on foot and tried to carjack a woman before being arrested nearby.

The truck driver and woman were unharmed.

The man was charged with further offences on Monday, after police charged him with one count of domestic violence-related murder on Saturday.

The additional charged are wilful damage, dangerous operation of a car and two counts of unlawful entry of a car to commit an indictable offence using or threatening violence.

He remains in custody and will face Cairns Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

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