Supreme Court trial hears of axe attack on autistic boy

By Patrick Byrne
October 22 2014 - 1:37am
Bond with stepfather ‘cost teen his life’
Bond with stepfather ‘cost teen his life’

AN “inseparable” closeness to his stepfather ultimately cost autistic teenager Timothy O’Brien his life in an “incomprehensible” crime which saw the 14-year-old allegedly chopped to death with an axe, a Supreme Court jury has heard.

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