Murder accused: I was angry

SOLDIER Chris Carter was “angry” the day he killed his ex-wife Renee Carter and her convicted paedophile boyfriend Corey Croft, a court has been told.

Under cross-examination in his double-murder trial in the Brisbane Supreme Court yesterday, Carter told the court he was “angry” both when he put the knife in the hand of Ms Carter following the stabbing and when he saw Mr Croft at the Upper Coomera property.

Christopher Robert Carter, 39, has pleaded not guilty to murdering the couple at their home on January 20, 2015.

Carter’s defence barrister David Brustman QC, instructed by Howden Saggers Lawyers, said the fact Carter killed the pair was “not in dispute” but the issuewas whether the crown could show he had the intention to murder them.

He also argued Carter acted in self defence.

Yesterday, crown prosecutor Glen Cash QC asked Carter whether killing the pair was a release of anger after years of disagreement.

“Once you started you couldn’t stop?” Mr Cash asked.

“No I wanted to stop,” Carter said. “It was a release... after yes (I was angry) but at the time I was protecting myself...”

The court heard Carter left the knife in Ms Carter’s hand and left the property. “I can’t say why I did that... I was extremely angry at the time,” he said.

Mr Cash also put to Carter he had dumped his clothes and deleted text messages after the killing. “What I did was instinct, if I had more time to think about things, it might have gone differently.”