Borce Ristevski may never have to explain how he killed wife Karen after pleading guilty to her manslaughter. 9News
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Mrs Ristevski’s brother, Stephen Williams, yesterday rushed to the Supreme Court to witness her husband’s back-flip. A female friend of Mr Rickard yesterday claimed the long-awaited confession won't come as a surprise to him.Melbourne lawyer Justin Quill, who has followed the case from the beginning, told he believed the reason Ristevski pleaded guilty was in an attempt to lessen his sentence.
Ristevski, who was a pall-bearer at his wife's funeral, was charged with murder after an investigation. During earlier court hearings, Borce 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.
The magistrate said the evidence was largely "circumstantial" but taken at its highest, the case was strong enough for a jury to convict him for murder.
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