John Torney is accused of seriously assaulting Emma Bates and threatening to “chop her up” in the days before her body was found in her Cobram home.
Days before Emma Bates was found dead in her Cobram home, the man accused of violently assaulting her said he was going to “chop her body up into bits and pieces” and force his sibling to bury her remains in the bush.
He also allegedly held a bottle of scotch in the air and threatened to break her jaw, the court heard.Torney – who was found not guilty of the murder of two-year-old Nikki Francis Coslovich in Mildura in 2015 –John Torney has been charged with a series of assault-related offences related to Emma’s death.The court heard Torney’s brother feared for Bates’ safety, and told her he was going to call police, but she asked him not to.
His mother allegedly said he was “better off being charged with punching her rather than with her murder”. She had bruising and a lump under her left eye, a large gash on the top of her head and cuts on her nose, documents submitted to the court said. Defence barrister Nelson Brown said Torney was vulnerable in custody because he was Indigenous, had been diagnosed with depression and had a drug addiction.
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