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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

‘We’re the ones with the life sentence’: Emma Lovell’s husband outraged as teen acquitted of Brisbane murder

Emma Lovell and Lee Lovell in a picture taken from Lee Lovell's Facebook page
Emma Lovell and husband Lee Lovell were attacked at their North Lakes home in December 2022. Photograph: Lee Lovell/Facebook

A teenager who broke into the home of Emma Lovell, alongside another teen who stabbed her to death, has been found not guilty of murder in a case that shocked Queensland in December 2022.

In a Brisbane court on Thursday, the now 18-year-old – who cannot be named for legal reasons as he was 17 on the night Lovell was killed – was also found not guilty of manslaughter and not guilty of malicious act with intent.

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