Man Fatally Strikes Neighbour in Groin With Excavator

May 7th, 2008 | crime, weird

Australia: 65-year-old Roy Frederick Francis Bird has been charged with manslaughter over the death of his neighbour, 33-year-old Wayne Smith, after he fatally injured him with a 12-tonne excavator.

The two had been feuding over a boundary dispute and that morning had been arguing over where to bury a dead cow. Bird swung the bucket and struck Smith who responded with stones, before being struck a second time, this time in the groin.

Smith died in hospital from complications resulting from severe injuries to his bladder, pelvis, and groin. Bird has pleaded not guilty, possibly intending to plead accident or self defence. The trial continues in the Cairns Supreme Court.

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