Murder Accused Denies Putting Girl’s Body in Barrel

The man accused of killing Charlise Mutten says he didn’t know the schoolgirl’s body was on the back of his ute when he was caught on camera towing a boat and buying bags of sand. Justin Stein has pleaded not guilty to murdering nine-year-old Charlise in January 2022, claiming it was the girl’s mother, Kallista Mutten, who shot her. He faced a full day of questioning on  3 as the defence’s first and only witness in his murder trial before the NSW Supreme Court. The 34-year-old said he did not think to call triple zero after witnessing Ms. Mutten shoot her daughter, despite not knowing whether the girl was alive....