UNCOVERED: Maddison hickson - The Untold Story

Kidnapping charge dropped but men admit stealing car linked to Tenambit shooting

The two men were expected to face a trial next month but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 2, 2024

Daughter acquitted of father's stab murder

A NSW jury has acquitted Maddison Hickson, 23, of murdering her father after accepting her self-defence claim and story that he picked up a knife mid-argument.

AAP · Nov 2, 2022

Maddison Hickson acquitted of murdering career criminal father Michael Carroll at Tenambit

Maddison Hickson has been acquitted of murdering her career criminal father Michael Carroll, a jury finding she was acting in self-defence when she twice stabbed him in the chest with a knife at a home at Tenambit last year.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 2, 2022

I stabbed Dad, daughter tells murder trial

A young woman says she stabbed her angry father and then ran from the home out of fear he would keep attacking her but prosecutors say it wasn't self-defence.

AAP · Oct 26, 2022

Daughter told dad 'shut up' before killing

Maddison Hickson stabbed her father after telling him to "shut up" and "have some respect", her murder trial has heard.

AAP · Oct 20, 2022

Father walked 'aggressively' over and grabbed his daughter before fatal stabbing, jury told

In the moments before he was stabbed twice in the chest, the knife piercing his heart, Michael Carroll had been arguing with his daughter before he stood up, walked "aggressively" over and grabbed her, a jury has been told.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 20, 2022

Daughter stabbed violent dad in the heart

Maddison Hickson is on trial for murder but is claiming it was self-defence when she stabbed her violent criminal father twice in the chest, piercing his heart.

AAP · Oct 18, 2022

Woman killed her dad in 'anger', not self-defence: jury told

A young woman accused of murdering her father at Tenambit last year was acting out of "anger or frustration" and not in self-defence when she stabbed him twice in the chest, the blade piercing his heart, a jury has been told.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 18, 2022

Tenambit murder: alleged killer's friend denies moving knife

A woman accused of moving the knife used to stab career criminal Michael Carroll at Tenambit last year has pleaded not guilty and will face a trial in NSW Supreme Court.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 27, 2022