'How can it be self defence?' Former soldier found NOT GUILTY of stabbing his ex-girlfriend and her new partner to death - as the victim's mother says the jury was swayed by her daughter's drinking and her boyfriend's child sex conviction
- A jury found Christopher Carter not guilty of murder over 2015 stabbing deaths
- Carter, an ex-soldier and butcher, stabbed his ex and her new partner to death
- Renee Kuch's mother is unhappy, believing he did not kill the pair in self defence
- She said jury swayed by Corey Croft's sex crimes and Kuch's drinking problem
A not guilty verdict handed down to a former soldier who stabbed his ex-girlfriend and her new partner to death has left the woman's mother outraged.
Christopher Carter walked free from Brisbane Supreme Court last month after saying he killed Renee Kuch and Corey Croft in self defence.
Renee's grieving mother Joanne is aghast at the jury's decision, and believes they were influenced by Croft's paedophile past and Kuch's drinking problem.
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A not guilty verdict handed down to a former soldier (pictured) who stabbed his ex-girlfriend and her new partner to death has left the woman's mother outraged
Renee's grieving mother Joanne (pictured) is aghast at the jury's decision, and believes they were influenced by Croft's paedophile past and Kuch's drinking problem
Christopher Carter walked free from Brisbane Supreme Court last month after saying he killed Renee Kuch (pictured, left) and Corey Croft (pictured, right) in self defence
Ms Kuch claimed her daughter was unaware Croft was a convicted paedophile, and said Renee was a good mother despite her binge drinking.
She questioned how the jury could have freed Carter even though he stabbed Renee 10 times and Croft five times, A Current Affair reported.
'We've got to get some sort of justice, no matter what. How can it be self defence?' asked Joanne.
'[After the verdict] I just burst into tears and I just said this can't be right, it cannot be right,' she said.
Ms Kuch claimed her daughter (pictured) was unaware Croft was a convicted paedophile, and said Renee was a good mother despite her binge drinking
'He didn't even get manslaughter. How can that be?'
Carter spent two years in jail before last month's decision, and the former soldier had initially lied to police about the killings.
Kuch and Croft's son, now eight-years-old, was present at the time of the stabbings, having been left at the home by Carter.
Croft (pictured) moved to Queensland after his release, where in 2007 he was sentenced to another year and four months behind bars for possessing child pornography
Croft (pictured) served four and a half years in prison after videotaping himself sexually assaulting a five-year-old child in 1995
Joanne said the boy is now suffering from anger management problems and ADHD, and has separation anxiety.
Carter had two children with Renee Kuch from a previous relationship.
Croft served four and a half years in prison after videotaping himself sexually assaulting a five-year-old child in 1995.
He moved to Queensland after his release, where in 2007 he was sentenced to another year and four months behind bars for possessing child pornography.
Former soldier Christopher Carter leaves the Brisbane Supreme Court during his murder trial
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