Sky News reporter Sarah-Jane Mee breaks down in tears reading Southport killings evidence

Sky News reporter breaks down in tears reading out Southport killings evidenceSky News

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00:00Tara, bear with me because we've got a live blog up and running, SkyNews.com. We're not

00:08allowed inside the courtroom with cameras until sentencing, so my colleagues are inside

00:12giving us the detail of what's happening. I've just got to warn you, what I'm about

00:16to relay to you is really distressing, as you would expect from this case. This is the

00:21prosecutor, Deanna Here-Casey, who's continuing to describe the attack back in July. She says

00:28businessman John Hayes, who has an office building in the heart space, approached Ruda

00:32Cabana, who swiped with a knife as he tried to grab hold of the weapon. Hayes was stabbed

00:38in the leg and fell to the ground, shouting for help. The court goes on to hear that window

00:43cleaners who were driving past saw the class instructor, Leanne Lucas, covered in blood,

00:49shouting, someone's stabbing the kids. One went into the building but retreated when

00:55he saw Ruda Cabana at the top of the stairs holding a knife. At the top of the stairs,

00:59they found the attacker standing over the body of BB King, holding a kitchen knife.

01:04One of the window cleaners picked her up and carried her out of the building, screaming

01:08at the extent of her injuries. The court hears that police arrived at the scene to find people

01:13in a state of panic.

01:15Oh, just take a breath after that.

01:21Right, sorry, it's just so distressing, is it? Look, we're here for those girls and the

01:38family so try not to get upset because it is, it's such an important day for them and

01:44this is horror that came to their door and I've asked this question before at the community,

01:48how do you recover from that?