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BIZARRE: Daniel pettersson - What They Never Told You

Love triangle killer has 20-year jail sentence tossed

A jury was wrong to convict a man for murdering a carpenter over a love triangle where both believed they were the father of a baby, an appeal court has found.

AAP · Oct 10, 2025

Bitter love triangle killer jailed for 20 years

A man has been jailed for murdering his love rival, after they were upset about a woman's intimacy with both and her deception over who was her baby's father.

AAP · Apr 23, 2024

Jesmond murderer jailed: the crucial minutes in months-long feud

The animosity grew after the birth of a baby.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 23, 2024

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Bitter love triangle murder victim a 'good father'

Family of a man fatally stabbed by a love rival have told court their son and brother had only wanted to protect his own young son.

AAP · Mar 22, 2024

A hitman, a predator politician and a cowardly and callous murder

These were the biggest criminal cases in the Hunter in 2023.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 29, 2023

The love triangle, the threats and the stabbing: How Kevin Smith was convicted of murder

The jury found what Kevin Smith had done in stabbing Daniel Pettersson was not necessary or reasonable and he was not acting in self-defence.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 12, 2023

Self-defence or murder? Jury retire to decide Jesmond love triangle stabbing

There is no dispute Mr Smith was armed with a knife and stabbed Mr Pettersson in the chest.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 11, 2023

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Love triangle murder trial: Who was the aggressor during fatal confrontation?

Daniel Pettersson was being so "aggressive and forceful" that it was almost inevitable that rival Kevin Smith would have to defend himself, defence say.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 7, 2023

Kevin Smith 'tried to stab' love rival before fatal confrontation, jury hears

As Daniel Pettersson lay dying outside a home at Jesmond, a witness claims accused murderer Kevin Smith asked him: "Do you want it as well".

Newcastle Herald · Sep 6, 2023

'He put the knife away, Daniel lunged at him': love triangle murder trial

Both men thought they were the father of a baby at the centre of a love triangle. Their rivalry ended in one of them being stabbed to death and the other charged with murder.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 5, 2023

'He stabbed me': not guilty plea over Jesmond love triangle murder

Defence say Daniel Pettersson was "aggressive" and "forced" his way into home before stabbing.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 4, 2023

Kevin Smith denies stabbing murder at Jesmond, will face trial

Kevin George Smith, the man accused of killing Daniel Pettersson during a confrontation inside a house at Jesmond in January, has pleaded not guilty to murder and will face a trial in NSW Supreme Court.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 14, 2022

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