INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
An estranged husband who claimed he was acting in self-defence when he hacked his wife to death in the Melbourne suburb of Sandhurst has
been found guilty of murder by an Australian court.A Victorian Supreme Court jury took less than three hours to deliberate before convicting
Dinush Kurera, 47, of murder on Friday.He faced a month-long trial over the death of his wife Nelomie Perera.Kurera admitted to killing her
on December 3, 2022, but pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder claiming he acted in self-defence.He took the stand during his trial,
telling the jury Ms Perera had threatened him with a knife and bit his finger during a heated argument in their Melbourne home.He claimed to
blood with 35 separate wounds, prosecutors told the jury.Kurera also denied assaulting his 17-year-old son by striking him with an axe as
repeatedly strike Ms Perera with a knife and axe, while the boy said Kurera chased him with an axe and hit him as he tried to find help.The
jury returned their guilty verdicts at 2pm on Friday, after just under three hours of deliberation.Jurors also found Kurera was guilty of
assaulting his son.Kurera blinked and looked straight ahead as the verdicts were handed down.He was returned to custody and will be
sentenced at a later date.Source: AAP--Agencies
