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Miklos Bolza

'It's not murder': woman's killer claims self-defence

A man is on trial in Coffs Harbour for the murder of his then-partner on a camping trip. (Brad Greenshields/AAP PHOTOS)

A man falsely claimed his partner had died after a ute accident but later told police he was acting in self-defence by tackling her into the wall of a remote bush hut, a court has heard.

Rohen James Hanson has admitted killing his then partner Dee Annear during a camping trip in September 2021 but has pleaded not guilty to murder, saying it was never his intention to kill her.

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