00:01you are going to prison for life that is the sentence of this court that is the sentence
00:07that does not end and you will be subject to its terms for the rest of your life what I
00:13do now is
00:14set the minimum term that you must serve before you can even be considered for release and I
00:18emphasize that this is not the sentence the sentence is life imprisonment you may never
00:24be released if you remain a risk you must serve at least 23 years in prison before you can even
00:31be
00:31considered for parole and I reduce this by the 997 days that you've spent on remand that means in
00:38days it's a total of 7398 days Ashman's devotion to his brother was apparent from everything that
00:46he did that night having seen him fatally stabbed he rushed to his aid and did not give up performing
00:53resuscitation even after he knew that his brother had stopped breathing and was dead and he tells
00:59the court that he still finds himself searching for his brother to this day because of the investigation
01:05he was arrested and held in custody overnight so could not be with his grieving family
01:12behind this confrontation is a background of possession and supply of class a drugs
01:17matters which have resulted in a number of criminal charges and pleased by those involved
01:22including you Dean O'Donaldson and an initial interaction between your group at the station
01:29and Anajan developed into a confrontation after Ashman and friends came to the scene
01:35tensions began to rise and the jury saw CCTV of both groups movements around and in the station
01:43by the time of the encounter on platform two members of your group were being challenged and you were
01:49being asked to identify yourselves the jury saw a photograph taken by one of the victims groups
01:57seconds before the stabbing what had begun as an unpleasant encounter between two groups of young men
02:04rapidly descended into violent chaos and death 22 year old Dean O'Donaldson murdered 21 year old
02:12Anajan Nanezwaran at Strawberry Hill railway station in January 2024
02:20Donaldson had followed the victim onto the tracks and stabbed him in the chest after a fight broke out
02:26on the platform between two groups of men over a drug deal of 50 pounds for 10 MDMA tablets
02:34the jury's verdict establishes that the confrontation of fundamentally changed in nature when you no
02:42doubt enraged by being asked to identify yourself produced a knife from your waistband within moments
02:49of that photograph having been taken Anajan Nguaniswaran was had sustained multiple stab wounds from which
02:55you would die
