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Tara Cosoleto

Accused murderer claims drug altered his state of mind

Mark Ludbrook claims a drug to manage his pain altered his mind before he stabbed a friend to death. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

A man with a neurological condition that limits his ability to move claims he was not in the right state of mind when he stabbed a woman to death.

Mark Ludbrook, who uses a wheelchair due to his transverse myelitis, took the illicit drug PCE on the morning of August 3, 2023, before he allegedly murdered Autumn Baker.

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