It was out of character for abattoir worker Jamie Cust to stab a colleague 49 times, his stepsister and stepfather said before his sentencing for manslaughter.
Of 49 wounds inflicted on a Filipino man by a work friend in a "frenzied attack" in Scone, three alone were serious enough to kill him, a murder trial has heard.
A 21-year-old who stabbed his work mentor to death did so after waking to find himself being sexually assaulted, his lawyer has told the NSW Supreme Court.
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