PHOTO: Dubbo Supreme Court – Case commences for Joel Carter
The people of Nyngan are closely observing the case currently taking place in the Dubbo Supreme Court, of murdered Nyngan man 58-year-old Joel Carter, who was bludgeoned to death in January 2023 at his property near Miandetta, 25kms from Nyngan.
The case which shook the town, has heard a ‘not guilty’ plea from 40-year-old Clinton Wrigley, who is accused of murdering Mr Carter, stealing his Ute, and setting it on fire, as well as theft of his tools.
Justice Mark Ierace has heard how the farmhand was said to have told several people he killed Mr Carter by hitting him over the head with a mallet…