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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Blake Foden

Scissors stabber cleared of murder attempt after arguing self-defence

The scissors on the Queanbeyan Police Station counter. Picture supplied

A man who stabbed his neighbour with scissors has been acquitted after arguing he acted in self-defence.

A Queanbeyan District Court jury took just three hours and 20 minutes of deliberations to return three not guilty verdicts in the trial of Wayne Anthony Tompkins, 43, on Tuesday.

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