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Greta Stonehouse

Axe killer jealous and angry, jury told

A 79-year-old murder accused's stories to police and excuses are implausible, a jury has been told. (Margaret Scheikowski/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A jealous divorcee spied on his wife's new partner with binoculars before deliberately running him down with his car and fatally chopping at his head with an axe, a jury has heard.

The elderly murder accused has given contradictory and confusing explanations to police and recently the NSW Supreme Court that should be rejected, crown prosecutor Katharine Jeffreys said in her closing address on Wednesday.

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