Kate Stone pleaded not guilty to murdering her partner Darren Reid in Long Gully in 2016.
THE jury in the trial of murder accused Kate Stone has retired to consider its verdict.
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Stone pleaded not guilty to murdering her partner Darren Reid in the home on Derwent Drive, Long Gully, on the night of December 18, 2016.
The prosecution alleged Stone doused Mr Reid with flammable liquid and set him alight, causing fatal burn injuries.
The defence said a “dying declaration” from Mr Reid – in which he said men attacked him – discounted the prosecution case.
The trial, which lasted over three weeks in the Supreme Court in Bendigo, heard evidence from witnesses in the area on the night, fire and DNA experts, and evidence from police.
Read more about the trial here:
- Day 1: Murder trial begins for woman accused of setting partner alight
- Day 2: Murdered Bendigo man in fear for his life, mother tells court
- Day 3: Couple heard yelling in hours before fatal Long Gully fire
- Day 4: Murdered man told paramedic he did not know attacker, court hears
- Day 5: Daughter says three men set father on fire in Long Gully
- Day 6: Murder accused told police men were to blame for death
- Day 7: Man denies talking ‘revenge’ after confrontation with murdered man
- Day 8: Man not in area night of fatal Long Gully attack, court hears
- Day 9: Neighbours heard death threats before murder, court hears
- Day 10: Man tells court he was home the night of Darren Reid’s murder
- Day 11: Long Gully murder accused said she 'did it', neighbour tells court
- Day 12: Long Gully murder trial hears DNA evidence
- Day 13: Fire expert gives evidence to Long Gully murder trial
- Day 14: Murder accused’s police interview played in court
- Day 15: Forensic evidence points to guilt, prosecution says
