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The Latest Breaking News from Robert Bobby Palmer

A hitman, a predator politician and a cowardly and callous murder

These were the biggest criminal cases in the Hunter in 2023.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 29, 2023

Zack Mavin not criminally responsible for 2020 Shortland murder of Robert Palmer

A Supreme Court justice finds the charges against Zack Mavin to have been proved, but says the 26-year-old is not criminally responsible for his actions.

ABC News · May 2, 2023

Verdict in Shortland murder trial over stabbing of Bobby Palmer

There was no dispute Zack Mavin was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.

Newcastle Herald · May 2, 2023

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Ten pieces of evidence that show accused murderer knew stabbing was wrong: crown

He wore a disguise, did not want to hurt anyone but took a large knife and stabbed well-known Shortland local Robert "Bobby" Palmer.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 20, 2023

Fatal stabbing of Robert 'Bobby' Palmer was 'impulsive': psychiatrist

The man who tried to rob a Shortland service station while armed with knives, a hammer and an improvised bomb was likely impaired by mental illness at the time of the hold-up, a psychiatric expert has opined.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 18, 2023

Paranoid and delusional: accused had explosive device, two knives and a hammer

Zack Mavin pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted armed robbery, raising a defence of mental health or cognitive impairment in the stabbing death of Robert "Bobby" Palmer.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 17, 2023

Zack Mavin accused of murdering Robert Palmer at Shortland to face trial in 2023

A man accused of murdering Robert "Bobby" Palmer after an attempted armed robbery at Shortland will face a trial next year after prosecutors rejected claims he should be dealt with under the mental health act.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 3, 2022

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Zack Mavin pleads not guilty to murdering well-known Shortland local Bobby Palmer

A man accused of attempting to rob a Shortland service station with an improvised explosive device before heading to another nearby service station and allegedly murdering well-known local Bobby Palmer has pleaded not guilty and will face a trial in the NSW Supreme Court.

Newcastle Herald · May 11, 2022

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