A teenage relative of a notorious Australian serial killer has been sentenced to 43 years in prison for the axe murder of a friend in the same forest where his great-uncle killed seven backpackers.

A TEENAGE relative of a notorious Australian serial killer has admitted axing a friend to death and leaving the body in the same forest where his relative killed seven backpackers.

A HUSBAND accused of battering a man to death after his new wife spent their wedding night with him, yesterday admitted hitting the victim repeatedly with a wooden oar, but denied murder.