Overview
- Magistrate Miranda Moody refused bail for 26-year-old Ahwen Kohn on Tuesday, describing the allegations as brutal, with his next court date set for April 22 in Armidale.
- Kohn is charged with murder, intentionally choking a person recklessly, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm after the death of a 33-year-old man.
- Police allege the victim was struck with an axe about 10:30pm Sunday while camping with Kohn and a 25-year-old woman at Little Styx River Campground near Ebor.
- The woman drove the injured man to Thora where paramedics could not save him, and she reported being assaulted when she suggested calling an ambulance, receiving treatment for neck bruising.
- Officers formed Strike Force Ullmark with the State Crime Command Homicide Squad; Kohn was arrested about 11:30am Monday on Waterfall Way, and police continue to seek information via Crime Stoppers.