Charlise Mutten was shot in the face at point blank range, murder trial told, as grisly new details are revealed of the 'charming, chatty and affectionate' young girl's last moments

Schoolgirl Charlise Mutten was shot in the face by a gun held just a foot away from her, a forensic examiner has told the trial of her stepdad accused of her murder. But just days later, on January 15, Ms Hutt said she heard sirens and saw police cars at Wildenstein, before Stein's mother Annemie appeared and said 'I need a drink'. Ms Hutt said Stein told her he had left Charlise with a Lawson's Auctions antique expert, and that the young girl had been sick at the time and 'had vomited into a bucket'. Police allege that Charlise Mutten was killed at Wildenstein, the Stein family's luxury estate at Mount Wilson in the Blue Mountains Grisly details about how Charlise Mutten's body was buried in sand in a barrel with her pink Nike slides have emerged in the trial of her alleged murderer, Justin Stein The body of schoolgirl Charlise was found in a foetal position in the barrel which was dumped on the banks of the Colo River in January 2022 Stein was arrested on January 18 after Charlise's body was found in a barrel on the Colo River, 58km from Mount Wilson. The post mortem revealed details about the 9-year-old's fatal gunshot wounds sustained while on holiday with her mother and then stepfather, Justin Stein Justin Stein, 33, is charged with the alleged murder of Charlise Mutten while the schoolgirl was staying at his family property, Wildenstein Describing Ms Mutten's apparent relationship with her daughter as 'exceptional', Mr Hutt said the question of Charlise's custody was discussed.