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Speaker 1: And we know that the trial of the man accused

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Speaker 1: of murdering Darwin Bottle shop worker Declan Lavity enters its

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Speaker 1: fifth day today in the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 1: Nineteen year old Keith Kiranoa has pleaded not guilty to

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Speaker 1: the charge, with his lawyers arguing that he acted in

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Speaker 1: self defense. Now, yesterday the court heard the Airport Tavern

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Speaker 1: b ws's no shoes, no service policy allegedly caused the

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Speaker 1: accused to attack mister Lavity with a thirty centimeter blade.

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Speaker 1: Now joining me on the line is nine News Darwin's

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Speaker 1: court reporter Ebanie Raymond, who's been covering the trial. Good

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Speaker 1: morning to you, Ebony.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. How are you going?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, really good. Thank you so much for your time

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Speaker 1: this morning. I know it's been a busy, busy week. Ebane,

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Speaker 1: tell us what happened in court yesterday.

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Speaker 2: So, in court yesterday the jury heard that Keith Karnu

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Speaker 2: acclaimed Declan Lavity took the first wing in the Alange

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Speaker 2: knife fire at the Airport Tavn BWS. And the jury

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Speaker 2: also saw box cutter and the knife sees from Declan's

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Speaker 2: pockets after his death.

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Speaker 1: And so who was called in to give evidence.

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Speaker 2: Well, there was a real mix of people yesterday. So

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Speaker 2: we heard from Karenu's auntie and one of his friends,

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Speaker 2: along with the airport to have a manager, a crimpscene examiner,

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Speaker 2: and also the arresting officer who arrested Keith Keranua after

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Speaker 2: the alleged incident.

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Speaker 1: And so what can you tell us at this point

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Speaker 1: or what more can you tell us about the altercation

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Speaker 1: between mister Kieranoa and also Declan Lavity before the alleged stabbing.

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Speaker 2: So probably the biggest thing that came out of yesterday

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Speaker 2: was the jury hearing that Keith Karenu had told his

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Speaker 2: auntie that he was trying to defend himself. So Keith

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Speaker 2: Karenua claims that Lavity cut his cheek first before karen

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Speaker 2: was stamped him with the knife. And as you mentioned earlier,

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Speaker 2: it's alleged that the incident between the pair escalated after

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Speaker 2: Lavity told Kerenua that he couldn't be in the store

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Speaker 2: without shoes. On hearing from their airport tabin manager yesterday,

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Speaker 2: there is a no shirt, no shoes, no service policy

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Speaker 2: in place at the store.

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Speaker 1: And Ebanie, as I understand it, some of the witnesses

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Speaker 1: as well have claimed that mister Kieranua was laughing and

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Speaker 1: smiling as he ran away from the scene.

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Speaker 2: Yes, that's right.

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Speaker 3: So the quarter he from several eyewitnesses who were at

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Speaker 3: the scene or they arrived at the scene shortly after

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Speaker 3: the stubbing occurred, and a couple of those witnesses who

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Speaker 3: saw Karena running out of the store after the alleged

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Speaker 3: stabbing claim that they saw Karenua laughing as he left.

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Speaker 1: Well, Lebanie, you know, I would imagine that there is

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Speaker 1: going to be plenty more heard today. Do we have

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Speaker 1: an understanding at this point of how much longer the

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Speaker 1: trial is expected to go for? It isn't another week?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well it was sat down for ten days and

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Speaker 2: it's now day five of the trial, so at this

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Speaker 2: stage it's looking like it's going to be running for

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Speaker 2: another five days. Well.

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Speaker 1: Nine News Darwin Court reporter Ebonie Raymond, really appreciate your

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Speaker 1: time as always, Thanks very much and we'll talk to

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Speaker 1: you again next week.

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Speaker 2: Great, Thank you, Katie.

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Speaker 1: Thank you