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Actor who killed a rapper with a samurai sword in daylight attack on a leafy Sydney street is found NOT GUILTY of murder – but convicted of manslaughter
A Sydney actor has been found not guilty of murdering a fleeing home intruder with a samurai sword, but guilty of his manslaughter.
Blake Davis, 31, pleaded not guilty to murdering Jett McKee who he struck in the head with the sword after the ice-fuelled intruder fled his Forest Lodge unit on August 10, 2018.
Davis’ girlfriend Hannah Quinn, 26, was on Tuesday also convicted of being an accessory after the fact to Mr McKee’s manslaughter.
Blake Davis (right) insisted in court he was acting to save his girlfriend, Hannah Quinn (left), when he fatally struck Jett McKee on in August, 2018
The 11-person NSW Supreme Court jury retired to consider its verdict on Monday and returned on Tuesday afternoon with a guilty manslaughter verdict for Davis, deeming he had not acted in self-defence.
However, the jury deemed Davis was not guilty of murder.
Crown prosecutor Chris Taylor in Davis and Quinn’s trial described the sword attack as senseless, unnecessary and unlawful.
He contended Davis had not been acting in self-defence or defence of Quinn, noting the pair had chased Mr McKee about 80 metres down the street.
Davis in the trial gave evidence about his belief the intruder had shot him, and his belief that his girlfriend’s life was in danger.
Davis was in possession of the samurai sword – a legal weapon – as it was a gift from his brother on his 18th birthday.
Davis and his girlfriend Ms Quinn at Darlinghurst Local Court on Tuesday morning. The 11-person NSW Supreme Court jury gave a guilty manslaughter verdict for Davis, deeming he had not acted in self-defence
