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Rex Martinich

Qld farmer feared for life, inquest told

Wendy (left) and Lawrence Brooks believe their son was murdered at a crayfish farm in 1996. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

An inquest has heard a crayfish farm worker borrowed a pump-action shotgun to carry on-site because he "feared for his life".

The Coroners Court of Queensland on Monday reopened an inquest into the death of Jeffrey Lawrence Brooks, who was shot through the chest in March 1996, while tending to crayfish ponds at a farm at Beenleigh on Brisbane's southern outskirts.

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