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MURDER accused Odin Gillin, 20, claimed he never intended to run into his alleged stabbing victim at a house on Energetic Street in Ironbark, a court has been told.
Gillin appeared on the third day of a committal hearing in the Bendigo Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
He is accused of murdering Hayden Coleman, 18, on the evening of September 10 last year.
Helen Russell – the aunt of a woman who drove Gillin to the address – said Gillin told her during a phone call later in the night that he only wanted to “swap” something with the occupant of the house.
An earlier witness told the court Mr Coleman answered the door instead, and the two men had a fight in front of the house witnessed by multiple people. Gillin allegedly stabbed Mr Coleman during the altercation.
Ms Russell said Gillin repeatedly told her “I stabbed him” during the phone call.
He also allegedly made reference to his “history” with Mr Coleman.
“He said about eight months beforehand that Hayden had smashed his house up, that's all he said,” Ms Russell said.
“And then he said ‘I’m glad he's dead’. I said ‘don’t say that Odin’, but he said ‘I am though’.”
Gillin also told Ms Russell he did not mean to kill Mr Coleman.
Gillin’s girlfriend Tahlia Osbourne gave evidence to the court, and said Gillin arrived at her house 90 minutes after the alleged murder.
She heard about the stabbing on a police scanner, but did not ask Gillin about his involvement.
“Odin was really pale and was really, really shaky, he couldn’t stop shaking,” Ms Osbourne said in a statement.
“He told me about things that happened, just that he was attacked.”
She said they stayed up all night crying together and went for a walk the next morning when they saw unmarked police cars in the area. They went to Gillin’s house and waited for police to arrive.
On Thursday, Michelle Russell – who drove Gillin to the address – told the court her friend Maxine Harradine drove them to an area past Crusoe Reservoir after the alleged murder, before dropping Gillin off in Kangaroo Flat.
Ms Harradine said there was no discussion of disposing of the knife during the drive.
Another witness to the alleged stabbing – Corey Roberts – told the court he attempted to separate the two men as they shouted at each other and tried to throw punches.
Mr Roberts described Gillin leaning down at the passenger seat of the car before the alleged stabbing.
“A door slammed so I turned around, and then Hayden was pushing me in, and then when I gave him a big push back and looked up, blood just went everywhere,” Mr Roberts said.
In his evidence, witness Jaawaa Morgan said he did not see any other men on the road during the altercation.
The committal hearing will continue in Bendigo on September 7.