The 47-year-old man admits killing his estranged wife Nelomie Perera, in December 2022, but has pleaded not guilty to murder.
Dinush Kurera's 19-year-old son gave evidence to a Supreme Court jury today about the evening his father killed his mum in their family home.
The son, who was aged 17 when his mother died, gave evidence to 14 jurors video link from a remote location today. "I couldn't see mum, the dining table was obstructing my view of her, however I could hear her in pain," he said. Perera begged for an ambulance, but Kurera instead asked his son to get an ice pack for her, he said.The teen said Kurera allowed his mum to go to the toilet and the family moved to the couches in their lounge room.
"She brought up the cheating situation ... Once she said that though Dinush got up, in a rage, and had this aggressiveness I've never seen from him before."
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