00:00Keith Karanua has returned to the place he's accused of murdering 20-year-old bottle shop
00:07worker Declan Lavity for the first time since the stabbing incident in March 2023.
00:13This morning's proceedings looked very different to the last few days of evidence.
00:16The judge, jury and lawyers leaving the Supreme Court and driving to the scene of the alleged
00:21crime, the airport tavern BWS in Darwin's northern suburbs.
00:26The accused, Mr Karanua, who has been in custody for the last 15 months, was also present,
00:32escorted by corrections officers.
00:35Mr Karanua is pleading not guilty to murder after he fatally stabbed Mr Lavity inside
00:40the BWS roughly 15 months ago.
00:43The purpose of today's visit is to give the jury an opportunity to see where certain events
00:47took place.
00:49So far the jury has only seen the BWS through CCTV footage played to the court.
00:54Those cameras capturing various angles inside and outside the shop.
00:58Today they were able to see it in person although several modifications have been made since
01:03March last year to the layout of the store.
01:06More than a dozen witnesses have given evidence so far in the trial including eyewitnesses
01:10to the stabbing, the security guard who attempted to revive Mr Lavity, paramedics, forensic
01:15experts and the arresting officer.
01:18Statements provided to police by Mr Lavity's mum, Samara Lavity, have also been read aloud
01:23in court, revealing Ms Lavity knew her son carried his own knife to work and that she'd
01:28even encouraged him to take one for his own protection.
01:32The victim was found with two knives, including a folding knife and a box cutter, in the pockets
01:37of his jeans during crime scene examination.
01:40The court yesterday heard evidence from the manager of the airport tavern BWS at the time
01:44of the incident, who told the court employees were supplied with certain cutting implements
01:50but were not allowed to bring their own knives to work.
01:53Today marks day five of what's anticipated to be a 10-day trial.
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