Sister of alleged murderer Sheree May Glastonbury defends her in court as prosecutors seize control of her house and vehicles

For the first time, a court has been told where alleged murder victim Geoffrey McLean may have died – prompting the accused killer’s sister to interrupt proceedings.

Sheree Glastonbury, left, is accused of murdering Geoffrey McLean, right.

A man whose dismembered torso was found in a wheelie bin on a vacant northern suburbs lot may have been murdered in the Andrews Farm home of his lover, a court has heard.

On Monday, prosecutors asked the District Court to remove alleged murderer Sheree May Glastonbury’s control of the house and her cars until the conclusion of her case.

Ms Glastonbury, who appeared by video link, wept as the court was told SA Police suspect Geoffrey McLean was killed on the property, of which she is the sole registered owner.

It is the first time a court has heard allegations as to where Mr McLean – whose full body has yet to be recovered – is suspected to have been murdered.

That revelation, along with the court’s decision to grant the seizure order as sought, prompted Ms Glastonbury’s sister Tina to stand up and address the court from the public gallery.

Tina Glastonbury, sister of alleged murderer Sheree May Glastonbury outside the District Court, after she defended her sister in a hearing to seize her assets as instruments of crime. Picture: Sean Fewster.

“My name is Tina Glastonbury, I’m Sheree’s sister, and I would like to make a statement for the record that I would like documented,” she said.

But when she referenced a discussion with Major Crime detectives, Chief Judge Michael Evans recommended she sit back down.

“It may not necessarily be in the interests of your sister to say this in open court … I would be very careful, in a matter this serious, for something to get put on the record,” he said.

Outside court, Tina Glastonbury told The Advertiser she “absolutely” supported her sister “100 per cent”, and said the allegations were “absolutely not” true.

Ms Glastonbury, 49, and Mark Murphy, 51, have yet to plead to charges including murder, attempted murder, assault and serious criminal trespass.

Prosecutors have alleged they subjected Mr McLean to a months-long campaign of home invasions and violence prior to his death using petrol, acid and an axe.

Mr Murphy’s twin brother Peter, 51, and his partner Lynette Sexton, 50, have yet to plead to aiding and abetting murder by allegedly storing Mr McLean’s body.

Prosecutors have dubbed the quartet “a conspiracy”, claiming they are tied to one another and to the alleged murder by extensive evidence.

On Monday, a prosecutor said Ms Glastonbury’s house and cars should be under the control of authorities – and unable to be sold or otherwise disposed of – while her case continued.

The evidence, he said, would prove the petrol, acid and axe incidents all occurred at the house, making it an “instrument of crime”.

The acid attack, he said, was perpetrated by use of “a sauce bottle”.

“In relation to the murder charge, inquiries are continuing and do remain ongoing,” he said.

“However I note that the (police) detective, in her affidavit, does believe that the property is an instrument of that crime as well.”

Garen Truscott, for Ms Glastonbury, said the property “was not needed” for the alleged murder and was “just where it was allegedly committed”, meaning it should not be seized.

Chief Judge Evans disagreed, saying the law of seizure was clear, and granted the application.

Ms Glastonbury and her co-accused will next face court in October.