A Melbourne man who killed his wife with a knife and an axe has been found guilty of murder, with a Supreme Court jury rejecting his story that he was acting in self-defence.
Nelomie Perera, 43, was found in a pool of blood after suffering 35 injuries to her head, face, neck and arms during a violent struggle with her husband Dinush Kurera.The father-of-two pleaded not guilty at trial, with his legal team arguing Ms Perera was wielding a knife in a "murderous rage" and that Kurera did "what any person would do" to defend himself.
He returned to Australia days before the killing and learned his wife had also taken out an intervention order. The order barred him from living at the Sandhurst property, which was their family home. He ambushed his estranged wife, and after calming down for a few minutes, struck her again with the axe and stabbed her to death on the kitchen floor.
His decision to plead not guilty meant his children had to testify at the trial and recount how their father stormed the home and murdered their mother.
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