Melbourne man Borce Ristevski has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his wife Karen at their suburban Melbourne home in 2016
Ristevski, 54, was about to stand trial in the Victorian Supreme Court, accused of murdering his 47-year-old wife Karen at their Avondale Heights home on June 29, 2016, and dumping her body in bushland.
Ristevski had denied killing the dress shop owner, whose skeletal remains were found eight months later in Macedon Regional Park by two horticulturalists who had noticed a strange smell. Ristevski, who was a pallbearer at his wife's funeral, was charged with murder after an investigation that involved listening devices and CCTV footage analysis.It's alleged he took Ms Ristevski's Mercedes-Benz roadster to dispose of the body in bushland, killing the signal of his and her mobile phones on the way.
During earlier court hearings, Ristevski's lawyers had argued the murder charge should be abandoned and sought a pre-trial committal hearing on the lesser charge of manslaughter, because no jury could find there was murderous intent.But prosecutors pushed hard for a murder trial, saying Ristevski's deceitful behaviours after the killing gave rise to the required intent.
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