As Jurrah's assault trial approaches its end in the Alice Springs Supreme Court, prosecutors made a final appeal to the jury to find the former Melbourne Football Club player guilty.
Jurrah celebrated as he attacked cousin, court hears
"Don't just look at each person's evidence in isolation," crown prosecutor Steve Robson told the jury.
He said five witnesses said they saw Liam Jurrah hit his cousin with a machete.
"I would suggest to you, you have a solid core of consistency," Mr Robson said.
Although conceding there were differences in the accounts of what happened on the night of the March 7 incident, Mr Robson said that was to be expected given people looked at the event from different perspectives.
Jurrah faces up to 14 years in jail if convicted of causing serious harm to his cousin Basil Jurrah during a brawl at the Little Sisters town camp in Alice Springs in March last year.
Basil Jurrah sustained seven lacerations to his skull and face and suffered six fractures to his head.
Earlier the court heard the conflict had its roots in an inter-family feud in the outback town of Yuendumu in central Australia.
Defence counsel Jon Tippett QC began his final remarks to the jury last Tuesday and is expected to complete his address on Wednesday.
Mr Tippett asked jurors to consider whether Mr Jurrah, who claims he was worried about his cousin and tried to help his 14-year-old nephew during the incident, could have attacked Basil Jurrah.
"He is the man who bashed the man's head in with a machete?" Mr Tippett asked. "It doesn't fit," he added.
Mr Tippett also pointed out that Liam Jurrah had spoken extensively to police without a lawyer after the brawl.
"He doesn't have anything to fear because he hasn't done anything," Mr Tippett said.
Character witnesses also gave evidence on Tuesday.
Fair Work Australia commissioner John Lewin said the footballer was a shy and respectful man whom he had never seen drinking alcohol.
"I have found Liam to be a very honourable person, a very serious person," Mr Lewin said.
Bruce Hearn Mackinnon, who wrote a book about Liam Jurrah, recounted how the footballer travelled back to Yuendumu to care for a friend dying of cancer and later fulfilled the man's dying wish to watch Collingwood play in Melbourne.
"I find him to be one of the most inspiring people that I have ever met in my life," Dr Hearn Mackinnon said.
Another witness, Matthew Liam Campbell, said he had known Jurrah for 17 years and found him to be a well-respected, quiet leader.
Jurrah has pleaded not guilty to seriously harming Basil Jurrah.
The trial continues.m
"Don't just look at each person's evidence in isolation," crown prosecutor Steve Robson told the jury.
He said five witnesses said they saw Liam Jurrah hit his cousin with a machete.
"I would suggest to you, you have a solid core of consistency," Mr Robson said.
Although conceding there were differences in the accounts of what happened on the night of the March 7 incident, Mr Robson said that was to be expected given people looked at the event from different perspectives.
Jurrah faces up to 14 years in jail if convicted of causing serious harm to his cousin Basil Jurrah during a brawl at the Little Sisters town camp in Alice Springs in March last year.
Basil Jurrah sustained seven lacerations to his skull and face and suffered six fractures to his head.
Earlier the court heard the conflict had its roots in an inter-family feud in the outback town of Yuendumu in central Australia.
Defence counsel Jon Tippett QC began his final remarks to the jury last Tuesday and is expected to complete his address on Wednesday.
Mr Tippett asked jurors to consider whether Mr Jurrah, who claims he was worried about his cousin and tried to help his 14-year-old nephew during the incident, could have attacked Basil Jurrah.
"He is the man who bashed the man's head in with a machete?" Mr Tippett asked. "It doesn't fit," he added.
Mr Tippett also pointed out that Liam Jurrah had spoken extensively to police without a lawyer after the brawl.
"He doesn't have anything to fear because he hasn't done anything," Mr Tippett said.
Character witnesses also gave evidence on Tuesday.
Fair Work Australia commissioner John Lewin said the footballer was a shy and respectful man whom he had never seen drinking alcohol.
"I have found Liam to be a very honourable person, a very serious person," Mr Lewin said.
Bruce Hearn Mackinnon, who wrote a book about Liam Jurrah, recounted how the footballer travelled back to Yuendumu to care for a friend dying of cancer and later fulfilled the man's dying wish to watch Collingwood play in Melbourne.
"I find him to be one of the most inspiring people that I have ever met in my life," Dr Hearn Mackinnon said.
Another witness, Matthew Liam Campbell, said he had known Jurrah for 17 years and found him to be a well-respected, quiet leader.
Jurrah has pleaded not guilty to seriously harming Basil Jurrah.
The trial continues.m
