Former soldier to face new murder trial over ex-girlfriend's death
Dane Andrew Pilcher will face another murder trial. Supplied
A Queensland man who allegedly murdered his ex-girlfriend by stabbing her 21 times with a kitchen knife has had his conviction set aside.
The jury in Dane Andrew Pilcher's trial was misdirected about the defence of provocation, the Queensland Court of Appeal has found.
The former soldier will be re-tried for murder over the 2015 killing of his former partner Corinne Henderson in a Townsville flat.
Corinne Henderson was allegedly stabbed to death in a Townsville unit in 2015. Supplied
Ms Henderson had moved to Townsville from Tasmania to work as a fly-in, fly-out mine worker.
Pilcher was sentenced to life in prison over Ms Henderson's death in August 2017.
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