Mick Hartley

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A man who specialised in family conflict killed his parents with an axe when they laughed at him over the death of his cat.

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A 43-year-old man exploded with rage and killed his elderly parents with an axe after his mother laughed when the man’s pet cat died, the Supreme Court in Launceston heard yesterday…

The couple’s bodies, with massive head injuries, were found side by side in their Abbott St home.

Defence counsel Evan Hughes told Justice Alan Blow that Harper was highly educated with numerous qualifications in psychology.

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