MMA Fighter Denies Murder, Claims Accidental Death

0:00It's April 20th. This is Sydney News today, your AI-powered local news. A mixed martial arts fighter named Bradley Ducin Fletcher has pleaded not guilty to murdering his best friend, Bradley Evenet, during a backyard. Sparring session near Mount Druid back on March 22nd, 2024. Fletcher admits to manslaughter, but says he never meant to seriously hurt the guy. The two were celebrating moving into a new rental in Melanbaugh with Fletcher's girlfriend, Jasmine Robinson, who was seven months pregnant at the time. They had been drinking beer, using drugs, and messing around with boxing gloves like they often did. Robinson testified that she stepped out briefly, then got frantic calls from Fletcher saying even that had fallen and stopped breathing. She rushed back to find blood everywhere, even if face down dead on the grass, and Fletcher pacing in bloody clothes, begging her for help. When she freaked out and told him not to touch the body, Fletcher charged at her, threatening to kill her too before she calmed him down.

1:00He later called his brother and ex-girlfriend, dumped even that's body nearby using his car, and told police it was an accident from sparring. The Supreme Court trial rolls on before a jury, with more details emerging about their tumultuous night, and Fletcher's denial of murder intent.