A violent streetside rampage filled with verbal abuse, a smashed window, and damaged letterboxes ended with an axe-wielding man lying dead on the street after being beaten with a scooter.
Ashley Morgan, 38, brought an axe when he met his on-again-off-again girlfriend before the violent episode unfolded in the early hours of April 9, 2024 in the town of Raymond Terrace, north of Sydney.
He was confronted by Kane Flanders and his brother, who came out of their homes to tell the couple to keep it down and that the noise was making their dogs distressed, a court has been told.