ABC News says the McLennan jury deliberated for about five hours after a nine-day trial. The Australian Associated Press says the jury started Monday after six days of evidence and came back after a day.

About five hours, on ABC News, and a day of deliberations, on the Australian Associated Press, are not the same count. A later date, and November 24, are not the same calendar. "Pretty sure you killed her," on ABC News, and "I'm pretty sure you killed her," on the Australian Associated Press, are not the same sentence. The guilty verdict is what both pages report. Neither page prints a number of years.

ABC News, on a page posted Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, at 12:06 p.m., with that clock printed three times and no zone and no byline, reported a Supreme Court jury found David Douglas McLennan guilty of murdering 48-year-old Caroline "Carlee" Smith near Hamilton in south-west Victoria. It says the 50-year-old had pleaded not guilty, that the nine-day trial was in Warrnambool, that the jury deliberated for about five hours, that he sat silent as the verdict was delivered, and that he was remanded ahead of a plea hearing and sentencing at a later date. The Australian Associated Press, on a page that did not print a byline or a clock, reported he admitted he killed Caroline Smith at her home in far west Victoria in May 2025, denied it was murder, and claimed he snapped during an argument and did not realise his strength. It says a Victorian Supreme Court jury on Tuesday rejected those claims and returned a guilty verdict after a day of deliberations, that the jury began deliberating on Monday after six days of evidence, and that he will face a pre-sentence hearing on November 24. About five hours, on ABC News, and a day, on the Australian Associated Press, are not the same count. Nine days, on ABC News, and six days of evidence, on the Australian Associated Press, are not the same length. Sat silent, on ABC News, is not a reaction the Australian Associated Press page prints. A later date, on ABC News, and November 24, on the Australian Associated Press, are not the same calendar. South-west Victoria, on ABC News, and far west Victoria, on the Australian Associated Press, are not the same region name. Admitted he killed her, on the Australian Associated Press, and a defence that told the court some facts were not disputed and that he had not intended to kill her or cause serious injury, on ABC News, are not the same sentence.

ABC News says her body was found during a welfare check at her Henty Highway home on May 15, 2025, that the prosecution argued he killed her four days earlier by strangling her during a violent assault, and that CCTV captured him saying to himself "pretty sure you killed her" on the evening of May 11, 2025. It says he remained in the house drinking and smoking for four days while her body lay at the property, that officers found the body in the spare bedroom and found him in a shed on a neighbouring property, and that she suffered significant head injuries and 12 separate rib fractures, with his DNA under her fingernails. It says they were old school friends from Western Australia, that he moved in during October 2023 when her husband fell ill with terminal cancer and died in September 2024, that they were not in a romantic relationship, and that a notebook left on a bench said "There is evil in this house" and "I was pushed too far … I'm just a man." The Australian Associated Press says she was last on home CCTV entering the laundry at 9.24 p.m., that he attacked her between 9.30 p.m. and 10 p.m. and strangled her, and that CCTV then captured him in an alfresco area saying "I'm pretty sure you killed her." "Pretty sure you killed her," on ABC News, and "I'm pretty sure you killed her," on the Australian Associated Press, are not the same sentence. It says he spent four days drinking beer and telling friends she was unwell with gastro, that he had fled and tried to harm himself, and that officers found him in a nearby shed. Drinking and smoking, on ABC News, and drinking beer and a gastro account, on the Australian Associated Press, are not the same four days. A shed on a neighbouring property, on ABC News, and a nearby shed after he tried to harm himself, on the Australian Associated Press, are not the same finding. Tried to harm himself is the Australian Associated Press. It is not on the ABC News page. Twelve rib fractures, the head injuries, and DNA under her fingernails are ABC News. They are not on the Australian Associated Press page. The Australian Associated Press says crown prosecutor David Glynn SC said a forensic expert determined the strangling lasted at least three minutes and that McLennan changed his grip, and it quotes him: "That is a long time to be squeezing someone's neck," and, "It shows an intention to kill." Three minutes, and a changed grip, are not on the ABC News page. It quotes barrister Rosalind Avis: "He lost control by placing his hand on her neck," and, "It was clearly a dangerous act ... but that is not the same thing as intending to kill," and, "Intent is more than a loss of control - it's a desire for the outcome." Those quotations are not on the ABC News page. The ellipsis is in the line as the Australian Associated Press printed it. Both pages say her husband died in September 2024 and that McLennan had come to the house in October 2023. The Australian Associated Press says the friendship was volatile and that they had serious fights, including an incident in December 2024 in which he allegedly assaulted her. Not a romantic relationship, on ABC News, and an alleged assault in December 2024, on the Australian Associated Press, are not the same account. Allegedly, in that sentence, is the Australian Associated Press. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.