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I didn't shoot to kill, says Greek Australian Steven Samaras

Steven Samaras, has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Tamara Turner, who died from a single gunshot wound to the abdomen after she had been abandoned at the Mildura Base Hospital in June 2016.

Tamara Turner
Όπως είπε ο δικηγόρος του ομογενούς, το όπλο που κρατούσε ο πελάτης του, εκπυρσοκρότησε την ώρα ενός τσακωμού με το θύμα. Source: Facebook

American woman Tamara Ann Turner, 49, died from a single gunshot wound to the abdomen after she had been abandoned at the Mildura Base Hospital.

Steven Samaras and his Missouri girlfriend wanted for importing firearms from the United States had been hiding out in Mallee scrub for months when he shot her in the stomach during a struggle in a caravan.'

Greek Australian Steven Samaras appeared before the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne and pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges.

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By Stergos Kastelloriou



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