
‘Volatile’ Relationship Before Woman’s Camp-Hut Killing
Published on March 20, 2024
In the midst of a relationship mired by domestic violence, drugs and alcohol, a woman was violently assaulted by her partner and killed in a remote bush hut, a court has heard. Rohen James Hanson is on trial for the murder of his then-partner Dee Annear during a camping trip in September 2021. The pair drove from their home in Wingham, near Taree, to the Bulga State Forest on the NSW mid-north coast, where they planned to spend four nights. The holiday turned violent and Ms. Annear was killed either on the evening of September 17 or the following morning, crown prosecutor Carl Young said as the NSW Supreme Court trial started on March 20....
