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Breaking: Farm worker found not guilty of circular saw amputation murder
Key takeaways
- John Yalu, 41, used a circular saw to amputate Kalman Tal's leg in February 2022.
- Kalman Tal, 66, paid banana picker John Yalu $5,000 cash to remove his leg at a public riverfront park in Innisfail in the early hours of February 19, 2022.
- During a four-day trial, the Supreme Court in Cairns heard Mr Tal claimed to have suffered years of pain in his leg, and had been offering locals cash for an amputation in the weeks leading up to his death.
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John Yalu, 41, used a circular saw to amputate Kalman Tal's leg in February 2022. (Supplied: Facebook)
Link copied Share Share article. A farm worker who amputated the leg of a Far North Queensland pensioner using a circular saw has been found not guilty of murder.
Kalman Tal, 66, paid banana picker John Yalu $5,000 cash to remove his leg at a public riverfront park in Innisfail in the early hours of February 19, 2022.
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