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Internet gay sex murder denied August 1, 2005 A MAN accused of murdering another man during a sexual encounter after meeting him on the internet was mentally ill at the time, a Sydney court was told today. Trent Jennings, 20, has pleaded not guilty in the New South Wales Supreme Court to the murder of Giuseppe Vitale, 32, at Narwee in Sydney's south, on December 30, 2003. He offered to plead guilty to manslaughter because he said he was suffering from a mental illness at the time, but the Crown would not agree to the plea. His lawyer, Paul Winch, said it was also open to Justice David Kirby, who is presiding over the trial without a jury, to find Jennings not guilty of murder due to mental illness. The court was told that Mr Jennings met Mr Vitale in a internet chat room and they arranged to meet for sex. Crown Prosector Paul Lynch said Mr Vitale drove to the Narwee flat where Jennings was staying and the pair went to a park where they had a sexual encounter. But during the encounter, Mr Jennings became concerned that Mr Vitale was going to rape him despite him being tied up, and stabbed him, the court was told. "Mr Jennings told police he freaked out, was fearful for his safety and he believed Mr Vitale was about to rape him," Mr Lynch said. "He got the knife and stabbed Mr Vitale and left the scene." The trial continues. AAP ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h8eddta/M=362343.6886681.7839642.3022212/D=groups/S=1705064406:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123092784/A=2894352/R=0/SIG=11fdoufgv/*http://www.globalgiving.com/cb/cidi/tsun.html";>Help tsunami villages rebuild at GlobalGiving. The real work starts now</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Group Site: http://www.gaybombay.info ========================== This message was posted to the gay_bombay Yahoo! Group. Responses to messages (by clicking "Reply") will also be posted on the eGroup and sent to all members. If you'd like to respond privately to the author of any message then please compose and send a new email message to the author's email address. Post:- gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Digest Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] No Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Individual Mail Mode:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Us:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives are at http://www.mail-archive.com/gay_bombay%40yahoogroups.com/maillist.html Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gay_bombay/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
