Glenn Cyrel Butcher: Man accused of Safety Bay home invasion murder has charge dropped

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Glenn Cyrel Butcher: Man accused of Safety Bay home invasion ******* has charge dropped

A 51-year-old man accused of ******* over a stabbing inside his Safety Bay home has had the charge dropped under home invader laws.

Emergency services were called to the property on Port Royal Drive about 11.45pm on May 7 last year after reports a 30-year-old man had been seriously injured.

He was rushed to Rockingham General Hospital by St John WA, but died a short time later.

Glenn Cyrel Butcher was arrested days later and did not bother to apply for bail.+

He appeared in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court via video link from Hakea Prison on Wednesday, when prosecutor Michael Cvetkoski revealed the deceased had burst into Mr Butcher’s home with three others, wearing balaclavas and carrying weapons.

Mr Cvetkoski said the State could not establish beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Butcher’s violent act was unlawful and there were no reasonable prospects of conviction.

He had the charge discontinued under Section 244 of the Criminal Code, which deems it lawful for the occupant of a dwelling to use force that they reasonably believe to be necessary against a home invader.

Mr Butcher remains in custody, however, as he faces a District Court jury trial on one count of attempting to pervert the course of justice in November.

He also has drugs and weapons charges in Rockingham Courthouse, which he has pleaded not guilty to.

In February, Mr Butcher’s co-accused Danniel John Hoonhout, 47, also had his ******* charge discontinued.

Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court previously heard the fly-in, fly-out mine worker had been involved in a struggle with a home invader and armed himself with a baby cot.

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