Overview
- Mark Ludbrook, 53, admitted killing his friend Autumn Baker at his Hoppers Crossing home on August 3, 2023.
- The defence said he took the illicit drug PCE for pain from transverse myelitis and lacked voluntary control, a claim the prosecution disputed.
- After close to four days of deliberations in a retrial, the jury returned a guilty verdict on Thursday.
- Carer Amber Davison testified that Ludbrook behaved bizarrely before the stabbing, including walking naked despite severe mobility limits and fixating on colours and a daisy bush.
- Ludbrook was remanded into custody after the verdict, with pre-sentence reports to be prepared and the case listed for a March court mention.