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Taike-Sye’yə from a Punjabi word roughly meaning cousin and a hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ word for friend, depicts Indigenous paddlers delivering food and supplies to the passengers of the Komagata Maru in 1914. The historicity of the story has been questioned.
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A court finds Jarrod Frank not guilty of the murder or manslaughter of Scott Bury at his Bendigo home in January 2018
Jarrod Frank arrives at court last week. A judge has said the death of Scott Bury during an argument about Nazi guns ‘is an overwhelming case of self-defence’. Photograph: James Ross/AAP
Jarrod Frank arrives at court last week. A judge has said the death of Scott Bury during an argument about Nazi guns ‘is an overwhelming case of self-defence’. Photograph: James Ross/AAP
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Tue 19 Jan 2021 21.58 EST
A Victorian man who fatally stabbed an associate amid an argument about Nazi handguns has been found not guilty of murder on the grounds of self-defence.
20:12 EDT, 13 January 2021
Anthony Lentjes wasn t too concerned when his friend and another man started placing bets over what type of ammunition German soldiers used in their Luger handguns during WWII.
His friend Jarrod Frank claimed to have one answer, but another man - Scott Bury - said he knew the answer was 9mm because he d once robbed a bank with that gun and that s what he d used.
The bets started with $100 and may have reached $500 at one point - before the knives came out.
Jarrod Frank (left) arrives to the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Wednesday, January 13, 2021
The murder trial continues for Jarrod Frank (pictured) who fatally stabbed Scott Bury in Bendigo in January 2018