Qld man hit almost 250 times before dying

A woman faces sentence for killing a friend she believed was a pedophile while she was psychotic. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Convinced her friend Colin Hastie was a pedophile, Danielle Sheryl Erica Beutel brutally assaulted the 63-year-old for days in order to gain a confession.

After Mr Hastie died in April 2019, audio of 13 "interrogations" found on Beutel's phone indicated he was struck almost 250 times.