Published: November 19, 2019
Supreme court jury accepted the apprentice chef’s claim he was making a citizen’s arrest of Ricky Slater
A man has been found not guilty of murdering a burglar and convicted rapist he found inside his Newcastle home.
On Wednesday a Newcastle supreme court jury accepted Benjamin Batterham’s claim that he was making a citizen’s arrest in March 2016 when he chased Ricky Slater, tackled him, put him in a chokehold and repeatedly punched him in the head until police arrived.
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