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The moment Queensland mother Emma Lovell was stabbed to death has been shown to a court, with CCTV revealing how she and her husband desperately tried to protect themselves and their daughters during a violent Boxing Day home invasion.
Ms Lovell, 41, died after suffering a stab wound to the chest during the break-in just before midnight, while her husband, Lee, 43, was stabbed in the back.
Emma and Lee Lovell. Emma was killed and Lee injured during the confrontation at their home.
Police charged two 17-year-olds over Lovell’s death.
In a Supreme Court hearing for one of the teenagers, who this year pleaded guilty to murder, burglary, malicious act with intent, and assault occasioning bodily harm, black-and-white footage from the Lovells’ CCTV cameras was shown.
The footage, from a camera angled towards the Lovells’ front door, depicted the teenagers stealthily and slowly entering the home, before emerging seconds later, fighting with the Lovells.