Teancum Petersen-Crofts found not guilty of murdering mother, sister and half-brother on grounds of insanity
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Eight-year-old Rua (left), 48-year-old Michelle Petersen and 15-year-old Bella were killed in July 2018.
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A Perth man has been found not guilty by reason of unsoundness of mind of murdering his mother, sister and half-brother in their Ellenbrook home.
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His family members cried and held each other as the verdict was read
Mr Petersen-Crofts will be detained in a mental health hospital
Teancum Petersen-Crofts, now 21, had pleaded not guilty to stabbing to death 48-year-old Michelle Petersen, 15-year-old Bella and eight-year-old Rua, in their Brixton Crescent home in the north-eastern suburb of Ellenbrook in the early hours of the morning on July 15, 2018.
Michelle Petersen, 48, and her daughter Bella, 15, had been at the baptism of her eight-year-old son Rua just hours before being killed by Teancum Vernon Petersen-Crofts, 21, three years ago.