Lisa Lines, Zacharia Bruckner and Letiticia Fortune flag not guilty pleas over alleged attempts to murder Jonathon Hawtin
A woman and her ex-lovers have flagged not guilty pleas over alleged attempts to murder her ex-husband Jonathon Hawtin.
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Three people have flagged not guilty pleas in court relating to a bizarre series of alleged plots to kill Jonathon Hawtin.
Lisa Lines, 43, is charged with the attempted murder of Mr Hawtin, alongside her two ex-lovers, Zacharia Bruckner, 36, and Letiticia Fortune, 34.
In the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday, Magistrate Simon Smart asked the trio’s counsel how their clients would be pleading.
All counsel responded “not guilty” but asked for a further six weeks to go through the voluminous material before they officially entered their pleas.
The court has previously heard Mr Hawtin had been rendered a tetraplegic in an earlier attempt on his life, which police allege was orchestrated by Ms Lines and Mr Bruckner.
SA Police allege Ms Lines attempted to murder Mr Hawtin in the Adelaide Hills in October 2017 and then continued to plot to kill him and his mother Rohnda Hawtin using a hit man. She is yet to enter pleas to two counts of attempted murder and two counts of conspiracy to murder.
Some of the charges relate to an incident at Littlehampton in October 2017, during which police allege Ms Lines, and Mr Bruckner attempted to murder Mr Hawtin, 36, in a brutal axe attack. Mr Bruckner is yet to enter pleas to a charge of attempted murder and two counts of conspiracy to murder.
Mr Bruckner was shot and Mr Hawtin, who was left a tetraplegic as a result of his injuries, was charged with attempted murder before being acquitted at trial in 2019.
The case was reopened after crime scene evidence was re-examined and police came to believe Mr Hawtin was the victim.
Ms Lines was arrested on the tiny island of Palau, southeast of the Philippines, in November after police learned she was travelling there and they were able to arrange for her arrest.
At the same time, police arrested Mr Bruckner in Brisbane, while Ms Fortune was arrested about a week later.
Ms Fortune is also yet to enter a plea to attempted murder.
On Tuesday, Mr Smart adjourned the trio’s charges until October.
Ms Fortune, who is the only accused on bail, made no comment to waiting media as she left court with a large group of supporters.
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