A man on trial for murder emailed his police officer cousin, telling her he had been "framed, set up, falsely accused" the day after a man's death, a Tasmanian court has heard.

Brothers Luke Anthony Shaw, 33, and Paul William Shaw, 35, along with Patrick Kenneth Dolbey, 40, are on trial in the Supreme Court in Launceston for the alleged murder of David Wayne Jenkins in George Town, on October 22, 2022.

They have all pleaded not guilty, with lawyers arguing self-defence or defence of others.

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On the trial's sixth day, the court heard from two friends of Luke Shaw's mother, who described helping him following the alleged murder, with one lending him a phone and the other booking him a flight under s

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