Keith Russell Yandle trial: SA jury visits site where Steven Murphy was shot and killed in February 2023

A defenceless man died in this cannabis shed - now jurors must decide if his killer committed manslaughter or murder. See the exclusive pictures.

This is where Steven Murphy was shot and killed - and a Supreme Court jury must decide whether his death was manslaughter or murder.

On Friday, the eight women and four men who will decide the fate of Keith Russell Yandle visited his home at Kudla, outside Gawler, as part of his murder trial.

Led by Justice Anne Bampton, prosecutor Melissa Wilkinson and defence counsel Bill Boucaut KC, jurors toured the scene where Mr Murphy died in February 2023.

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: The Kudla shed in which Steven Murphy was shot and killed by Keith Russell Yandle. Picture: Tim Joy

An SA Police Major Crime detective opens the shed for a Supreme Court jury to enter. Picture: Tim Joy

They were taken inside the cannabis shed where Yandle shot Mr Murphy with a .22 semi-automatic rifle, equipped with scope, torch and laser pointer.

Jurors had, on Thursday, been handed that weapon in court because Mr Boucaut wanted them to “understand its weight”.

Yandle, 48, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Murphy on February 19, 2023, but guilty to the lesser change of manslaughter.

He has also pleaded guilty to charges arising from firearms, ammunition and the destruction of Mr Murphy’s remains.

Keith Yandle, who has admitted killing Steven Murphy. Picture: 7NEWS Adelaide

Prosecutors did not accept Yandle’s manslaughter plea, arguing his actions in his cannabis shed, on that night, amount to murder.

They have alleged Yandle found Mr Murphy and, while he was “cowering”, shot him four times – once in the heart, and three times after he fell to the floor.

They have further alleged he stood over Mr Murphy and watched him die, then stepped on his hands to check he had passed before burying him underneath the shed.

The trial resumes, in the courtroom, on Monday.