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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

'Hand of death': Man killed two homeless men, slashed throat of jail inmate, court hears

A MAN who calls himself "the hand of death" bludgeoned two homeless men to death in NSW and Queensland before he slashed the throat of another inmate at Cessnock jail because he thought the man had "no one" on the outside, a jury has heard.

Kevin James Pettiford, now 38, used a large rock to attack Andrew Murray while he slept rough in Jack Evans Boat Harbour park at Tweed Heads on November 21, 2019.

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