Overview

• Crown prosecutor Jim Shaw told jurors that Ludbrook fatally stabbed his friend twice in the chest with a steak knife after her unannounced visit to his Hoppers Crossing home in August 2023.
• Body-worn camera footage played in court captured a police officer discovering Autumn Baker unconscious and not breathing with stab wounds, and autopsy photos showed two fatal chest wounds.
• The defense concedes Ludbrook caused Baker’s death but denies he acted consciously or deliberately, citing his transverse myelitis diagnosis and chronic pain management.
• Carer Amber Davidson is expected to describe Ludbrook’s erratic behavior after taking the illicit drug PCE that morning, including undressing and speaking incoherently.
• A forensic psychiatrist and an anaesthetist will testify for the defense on his impaired state, while the prosecution maintains his actions were deliberate.