AN accused Ballarat axe murderer's defence team has ended their closing address to a Supreme Court jury, telling them contradictory prosecution witnesses and DNA evidence meant Darren Wilson was innocent.
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Wilson's defence barrister Tom Danos on Wednesday wrapped up his two-day closing address, claiming witnesses were proven liars and outlining DNA and blood splatter evidence which he said didn't support the prosecution's case.
"We would submit to you that a proper and appropriate verdict in relation to the murder charge is that of not guilty," Mr Danos told the jury.
"We would submit to you that you, at the end of the day, would have a significant doubt about the way in which this Crown case has been put, and we would submit to you that the proper and appropriate verdict in all the circumstances is not guilty on all charges."
Wilson is standing trial in the Supreme Court having pleaded not guilty to the murder of Timothy O'Brien, 14, who was allegedly killed with an axe at a Scarsdale house in the early hours of January 5 last year.
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His defence claim he was knocked out inside the house while another man allegedly killed Timothy.
The Crown, in their closing, said Wilson was a violent liar who couldn't be trusted.
"It's scarcely believable that a fully grown adult male can see fit to pick up an axe, lift it up in the air and slam the blade of the axe down forcefully on the head of a helpless, unconscious, 14-year-old autistic child," Crown prosecutor Andrew Tinney SC said in his closing address.
“... In the face of the powerful evidence led by the prosecution in this case, you will believe that a man could do precisely that, and you will have no doubt who the man was who did that. It’s the man in the dock.”
The jury has heard Wilson and a 16-year-old girl living at the Scarsdale house devised a plan to lure Timothy's stepfather, Peter Williams, to the house and bash him.
Mr Williams and Wilson are cousins and the jury has heard their relationship had soured in the weeks leading up to Timothy's death.
Mr Williams was allegedly jumped by Wilson when he arrived at the Scarsdale house.
Timothy used a baseball bat to defend his stepfather before he was allegedly chased out of the house by another man who allegedly used the blunt side of an axe to hit Timothy repeatedly in the head.
Wilson is accused of then grabbing the axe, turning it to its bladed side, and continuing to strike Timothy.
Justice Betty King will read her charge to the jury on Monday before the men and women retire to deliberate over a verdict.
