By Sujin Thomas

SYDNEY - IN CLOSING his case on Monday, Ram Puneet Tiwary's lawyer challenged the prosecution's notion of back rent as the motive for murder.

Dismissing it, Senior Counsel David Dalton raised doubt on the interpretation of a police fraud expert of a note found in Tiwary's room. He said: 'Someone giving evidence in a case like this should be very careful in presenting it.'

Earlier in the trial, Mr John Fogarty, a trained accountant, took to the stand saying that a handwritten note found in Tiwary's room reflected money he owed his flatmate.

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