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Killer’s Mum Denies Chicken Slaughter Was ‘Red Flag’
The hearing will examine mental-health warnings, prior violent behaviour and whether earlier intervention could have prevented the killing.
- On Tuesday, June 16, 2026, a coronial inquest began into the 2020 death of 10-year-old Biddy Porter, killed by a 14-year-old known as XR at a Gunnedah property in rural NSW.
- Counsel assisting the coroner, Peggy Dwyer SC, detailed a "very disturbing" diary entry from June 2020 where XR fantasized about killing family and friends, alongside evidence of XR killing chickens on the farm a year prior.
- Giving evidence on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, XR's mother testified she did not view the chicken incident as a concern, stating the animals were to be culled anyway. She insisted she was only upset because the teenager lacked permission to slaughter them.
- Counsel assisting Peggy Dwyer SC told the court the inquest aims to "prevent this tragedy affecting another family," seeking answers for parents Rebekah Keukenmeester and Dominic Porter regarding systemic failings.
- The NSW Supreme Court found XR not criminally responsible due to mental illness in 2021, and following a petition attracting more than 20,000 signatures, the parents successfully campaigned for this inquest.
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