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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

Cessnock tip killer 'recycled' apology letter from axe attack

Specialist police at Cessnock Waste Management Centre in July, 2020. Adam Andrew Bidner on Friday faced a sentence hearing in Newcastle Supreme Court after pleading guilty to murder over the death of Shane Mears.

A MAN who ran over a defenceless rival from behind in the Cessnock Waste Management Centre in 2020 has "recycled" his letter of remorse, ripping off - in some parts word-for-word - a letter he previously wrote to the court over a brutal axe handle attack.

The revelation came in Newcastle Supreme Court on Friday as members of Shane Mears' family read powerful victim impact statements during the sentence hearing for his killer, Adam Andrew Bidner.

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