Two 17-year-olds charged with killing a Queensland mother on Boxing Day will remain behind bars until January.
Emma Lovell, 41, and her husband Lee, 43, were stabbed at their North Lakes house after confronting two people on Monday night about 11.30pm.
Emma Lovell died in hospital after the stabbing at her house in North Lakes, where an accused was led into a police vehicle by officers the morning after.Emma was treated by paramedics at the home but she later died in hospital. Police said the Lovells were defending their home.Neighbours reported hearing screams and police said there was a scuffle on the front porch, which ended in the front lawn before the intruders fled.with murder, attempted murder and entering a dwelling with intent.
The accused did not appear in the Brisbane Childrens Court on Wednesday, but their lawyers sought to have media removed from the court on the grounds it would be prejudicial to their case.A lawyer representing one of the teenagers also asked for the matter to be moved to Pine Rivers Court, but Magistrate Peter Cooke ruled the case was too serious to be moved to a smaller court.In a rare event, Cooke allowed the press to report on the cases on Wednesday, despite opposition from their lawyers.
“I don’t see that anything put before the court today would be detrimental to the young people involved, the defendants. “The level of prejudice to them is, well, in my opinion, nonexistent. There is no prejudice to them in having members of the media present today.”
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