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By Damian McIntyre

Alleged murder victim had leg cut with sword in attack triggered by Snapchat message sent to wrong person, court hears

A jury has been told that a social media message sent to the wrong person triggered a feud that resulted in the alleged murder of a north-west Tasmanian man.

Opening statements have been heard in the Supreme Court in Launceston in the trial of five people accused of murdering a man in Burnie two and a half years ago.
 
Burnie man Bobby William Medcraft, 23,  died after an altercation in the early hours of March 29, 2020. 

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