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Man murdered over designer sunglasses!!! :O

cacatman

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From my home town, Adelaide (reported in news.com.au).

Yikes!!!

Man murdered over dispute about designer sunglasses, court hears*

A man who was badly beaten and put into the boot of a car over a missing pair of designer sunglasses was chased down and murdered by three men when he tried to escape, the Supreme Court has heard.

The body of Jayson Doelz, 27, was found on the side of a country road outside Kersbrook in the Adelaide Hills in January 2012.

Chad Badcock, 30, Kym Wayne Barnes, 32, and Shane Matthew Muckray, 29, are jointly charged with Mr Doelz's murder and are standing trial.

The Supreme Court heard the case went unsolved for years until police made a breakthrough in their investigations last year.

Opening the trial, prosecutor Emily Telfer SC told the jury Mr Doelz, who associated with drug users and suppliers, was lured to a house in Pooraka, where he was restrained and repeatedly beaten.

She said while lapsing in and out of consciousness he was bundled into the boot of a car where he was struck in the face with a shovel and kicked.

The court heard while being driven from Pooraka to the Adelaide Hills, Mr Doelz opened the boot and tried to escape, but during his last attempt at freedom he was chased down.

"It is alleged on the prosecution case that he was chased down by the three men in the dock, he was assaulted again and he was stabbed in the head, neck and the buttock," Ms Telfer said.

The court heard the three accused then got back into the car and "boasted" and "big-noted" about the injuries they inflicted saying "I got him here" and "I got him there" and "I got him in the head, that means he's f***ed".

Dispute over missing pair of sunglasses

The court heard about a week before he was assaulted, Mr Doelz had been to the Pooraka house while Mr Badcock and Mr Barnes were there.

He had showed a collection of designer sunglasses to them, before he noticed one pair was missing and began searching the house.

"Apparently Mr Badcock got the impression that in looking for those sunglasses Mr Doelz was going through other people's belongings," Ms Telfer told the jury.

Ms Telfor said a witness saw Mr Badcock pacing around the house, holding a hammer and threatening to get Mr Doelz to bash him, and also referred to Mr Doelz as a "lowlife thief".

The court heard Mr Badcock was still agitated about that incident when he allegedly set upon Mr Doelz at the house a week later, punching him and elbowing him in the head, causing him to fall to the ground and lose consciousness.

The prosecution alleges Mr Badcock then got a length of cord put it across Mr Doelz's neck as he lay unconscious and pulled it.

It is alleged Mr Badcock and Mr Barnes continually assaulted Mr Doelz before ringing Mr Muckray and asking him to come over.

"It's alleged that both men over a period of time continued the assault with Jason Doelz lapsing in and out of consciousness," Ms Telfer said.

"During the continued assault it is alleged that Mr Badcock and Mr Barnes tied Mr Doelz's hands together behind his back."

Ms Telfer said the victim was begging to be let go.

"Jayson Doelz was asking repeatedly what he had done wrong. He apologised repeatedly and promised that he would tell no-one about what had happened to him if he was just allowed to go," Ms Telfer told the jury.

"Mr Badcock and Mr Barnes did not allow him to go.

"It is alleged that beaten and bloodied and lapsing in and out of consciousness he was put into the boot of a car and driven through the Adelaide Hills to Kersbrook."

The trial is scheduled to run for four weeks.
 
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