After a four-week trial, 33-year-old Leigh Matthew Frederick Beer has been found guilty of murdering 21-year-old supermarket worker Emma Field. "We've got Leigh Beer's family obviously they're going to have a son brother, friend go away into jail for a while. The following year, while waiting to be sentenced, Beer, who had been drinking, backhanded his son when he would not go to bed - splitting his lip. When sentenced in 2013, the judge noted alcohol was a common denominator in Beer's offending, jailed him for two years and issued a strike warning against him. Beer will be sentenced for Field's murder in September.

Source: Stuff June 21, 2024 08:39 UTC