The boyfriend of a Melbourne mum found with horrific and fatal stab injuries in her city apartment has been found guilty of her murder.
mum found with horrific and fatal stab injuries in her city apartment has been found guilty of her murder.on May 4, 2020 but prosecutors argued Ricardo Barbaro killed her in the early hours of April 29 that year.
Jurors heard Gray paid for Price's apartment, car, clothes and a weekly allowance but before her death she had attempted to extort $100,000 from him under threat of a false rape allegation. "Imagine getting all that given to you and going to find somebody else," he read from texts Gray sent to Price's sister Danielle after her death.
He said it was Gray who had the motive to kill Price, and it was telling that prosecutors had presented no motive for Barbaro.But prosecutor Damien Hannan pointed to Barbaro's post-offence conduct, including fleeing interstate when Price's death was revealed publicly.
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