A Melbourne man accused of slitting his drug dealer’s throat in the back of a car confessed the crime to a friend and then threatened to kill his mate’s family if he dobbed, a court has been told.
A witness choked back tears in a Melbourne court room on Thursday as he described how alleged killer Christopher Lavery told him how he murdered 24-year-old James Russouw.
Mr Lavery, 31, is standing trial for the murder after Mr Russouw was found dead in his torched Jeep, with a knife sticking out of his neck, beside a suburban sports oval in Burwood East in March 2008.
The man, who can only be identified as “Witness A”, told the Supreme Court of Victoria on Thursday that Mr Lavery threatened to kill him and his fami…
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