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Margaret Scheikowski

FOUND: Nsw axe murder was spontaneous judge told - You Need To See This

Thanh Tran will be sentenced on December 9 for murdering Pok Min Fah with an axe in suburban Sydney. (Keri Megelus/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

An elderly divorcee acted spontaneously when he ran down his ex-wife's new partner before chopping his head with an axe, a judge has been told.

Thanh Tran had not been sitting outside her Sydney residence all afternoon or evening, but must have only been there for a few minutes when he saw his victim outside the house, his barrister said.

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