{"id":139794,"date":"2024-08-03T17:24:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T17:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=139794"},"modified":"2024-08-03T17:25:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T17:25:07","slug":"murder-accused-claims-self-defence-over-killing-of-wife-nelomie-perera-in-front-of-their-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/murder-accused-claims-self-defence-over-killing-of-wife-nelomie-perera-in-front-of-their-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder accused claims self-defence over killing of wife Nelomie Perera in front of their children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dcr-rnox73\" data-gu-name=\"headline\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-cohhs3\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-u0152o\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Murder accused claims self-defence over killing of wife Nelomie Perera in front of their children<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/article\/2024\/jul\/31\/nelomi-perera-murder-trial-husband-dinush-kurera-axe-ntwnfb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Theguardian<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dinush Kurera has pleaded not guilty to murder and assaulting his son after wife\u2019s 2022 death in Melbourne home<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/article\/2024\/jul\/31\/nelomi-perera-murder-trial-husband-dinush-kurera-axe-ntwnfb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f37f74f9c2802179f42a0b274f265beb5141529d\/0_0_5568_3712\/master\/5568.jpg?width=620&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=none\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"&lt;\/p\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">The Victorian supreme court has heard Dinush Kurera, who has pleaded not guilty to murder, allegedly killed his wife, Nelomie Perera, in Sandhurst.<\/span>\u00a0Photograph: Darren England\/AAP<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A mother-of-three killed by her estranged husband fled the family home with her children almost a decade earlier after he hit her with a hammer and stomped on her, a jury has been told.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Nelomie Perera, 43, was found dead in a pool of blood in her kitchen with 35 separate injuries in December 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Prosecutors allege Dinush Kurera, 47, murdered her in a \u201csustained, brutal and vicious attack\u201d with a hatchet and kitchen knife in front of their children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Kurera has pleaded not guilty to her murder and further denies assaulting his 17-year-old son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">On Wednesday, lawyers for Kurera, whom prosecutors allege had no injuries after the attack, told a jury that he admitted he killed his wife but he did so to save his own life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cHe grappled with her over the knife, in her murderous rage and he defended himself and the deceased was killed,\u201d defence barrister John Desmond told the court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cRage met rage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Prosecutor Mark Gibson KC had alleged, on the first day of the trial, that Kurera was fuelled by a \u201cdeep-seated hatred\u201d for Perera when he killed her, after she told him she wanted a divorce and he discovered she was seeing other people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He told the court that Perera, 43, had discovered Kurera was cheating on her with another woman while he was on a trip in Sri Lanka and ended their marriage over the phone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She told him he could no longer stay at their family home, organised a storage unit where she moved his belongings and was fearful about his return home to\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/melbourne\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Melbourne<\/a>, Gibson alleged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">About two days after he flew home, on 3 December 2022, Gibson said Kurera went to Bunnings Warehouse and bought a 30cm crowbar and a fibreglass hatchet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">At about 10pm, Kurera went to a petrol station and bought a lighter and a 10-litre jerry can which he filled with petrol, the prosecutor said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The court heard that Kurera then drove to the family home in Sandhurst, in Melbourne\u2019s southeast, used the crowbar to break through the fence while wearing dark clothing and gloves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cMr Kurera, under the cover of darkness, approached Nelomie, taking her by surprise as she was about to have a cigarette on the back patio area,\u201d Gibson said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He alleged Kurera then struck his wife in the head with a hatchet and their two teen children ran down to their mother\u2019s screams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Gibson said the family then moved to the living room where the estranged couple argued before Kurera again hit Perera with the hatchet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He told the court that the pair\u2019s 17-year-old son tried to run for help, but Kurera chased him and hit him with the axe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1ba8yzd\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Desmond said Kurera denies that he hit Perera with the hatchet or assaulted his son.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murder accused claims self-defence over killing of wife Nelomie Perera in front of their children Source:Theguardian Dinush Kurera has pleaded not guilty to murder and assaulting his son after wife\u2019s 2022 death in Melbourne home The Victorian supreme court has heard Dinush Kurera, who has pleaded not guilty to murder, allegedly killed his wife, Nelomie 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