Accused Lindy Yvonne Williams claims victim attacked her with a knife, then hit his head, court hears

MURDER accused Lindy Williams allegedly contacted her dead boyfriend’s family from his email account and phone after his death, and told police he was overseas because he was struggling with his bisexuality, a court has been told.

George Gerbic and accused murderer Lindy Williams.

MURDER accused Lindy Williams allegedly contacted her dead boyfriend’s family from his email account and phone after his death.

During the first day of her murder trial in the Brisbane Supreme Court, crown prosecutor Todd Fuller QC told the court Williams had emailed slain man George Gerbic’s family from his account, saying the man’s phone was broken and to use hers to contact the 66-year-old.

She is alleged to have sent texts and emails pretending to be Mr Gerbic, telling people he had resigned as president of the Coolum Football Club and the pair were travelling abroad, shortly after his alleged murder in 2013.

Almost a year after his death, Williams allegedly told friends Mr Gerbic was travelling in Canada.

She allegedly told others, including police, he was in Rio having some “alone time” because he was struggling with his bisexuality, the court was told.

Facebook photos of Torso victim George Gerbic and accused murderer Lindy Williams

During Mr Fuller’s opening address he told the jury Williams allegedly purchased an electric saw from Bunnings, which works like a “bread knife”, sometime in early September 2013.

The court heard a local Sunshine Coast man, who is expected to give evidence during the trial, claims he saw Williams nearby an industrial bin at Mooloolaba on the day the torso was discovered, September 13, 2013.

The same man found a box near the back door of a community workshop he ran with an electric saw in it, about a week after seeing Williams near the bin, the court was told.

“He held onto it but it wasn’t until a year later when he heard what happened to George that he took it to the police,” Mr Fuller said.

The saw was later taken apart by police and Gerbic’s DNA matched to it, Mr Fuller told the jury.

Another man, who owned a nearby gallery, allegedly spoke to Williams on the morning she was seen nearby the bin.

Mr Fuller said the man will later tell the jury Williams allegedly told him she confronted Mr Gerbic about “being gay and having a male partner” and he cut her.

The court heard Williams saw a doctor about the cut.

Later in September, Williams allegedly hired a handyman to remove rubbish from her property.

Lindy Yvonne Williams. Picture: Facebook

He said he removed a pile of rubbish that stunk and was filled with maggots, the court has heard.

“The crown case is quite simple,” Mr Fuller told the jury.

“ … The killing was done with the intention to kill and was not done in self-defence.”

Earlier he said: “Lindy Williams had been living a lie and she continued to do so in those (police) interviews.”

Defence barrister Simon Lewis described Mr Gerbic as a “big, violent” man and said there was no dispute Williams had killed him.

“This is not a case of who done it,” he said.

“People lie for a lot of reasons.

“Was she covering up a murder?

“Was she covering up a killing that happened in self-defence?

“Either way she was covering up but lying to police doesn’t make you guilty”.

The trial continues.

Accused claims victim attacked her

A woman accused of murdering her partner, hacking up his body and leaving his headless torso burning on the side of the road near Gympie allegedly told police the man came at her with a knife.

Lindy Yvonne Williams pleaded not guilty to the murder of her partner, 66-year-old football club president George Gerbic, in September 2013, at the start of her Brisbane Supreme Court trial today.

She pleaded guilty to a second charge of interfering with a corpse.

During his opening address, crown prosecutor Todd Fuller QC told the court Mr Gerbic’s body was found wearing a black T-shirt but with his head, hands and legs missing, burning on the side of a road heading out of Tin Can Bay in September 2013.

He was unable to be identified for some 10 months after being killed, as his DNA matched none on record, the court heard.

Police identified Mr Gerbic’s body through a mixture of prescription drugs that were found in his system, the court heard.

“Police had little to go on,” Mr Fuller said.

“All they had to rely on was the prescription drugs. So they set about finding males to eliminate possibilities … then those who hadn’t got a follow-up prescription …”

The search eventually lead them to Lindy Williams and Mr Gerbic’s home.

The court heard Williams initially told police Mr Gerbic was struggling with bisexuality and had taken a trip to Rio because he “needed time alone”.

She later told officers Mr Gerbic had returned home angry one evening and came toward her with a knife, cutting her on the arm.

“She said she tried to get away from him and was thrown against the wall,” Mr Fuller told the jury.

“She said she was able to get into the kitchen area of the house. She said she got away from him in the doorway and ran toward the sink because her arm was bleeding profusely.”

Mr Fuller told the court Williams told police Mr Gerbic had slipped on blood on the floor and fallen and hit his head on the bench.

She claimed she didn’t see the fall because she had run into a bedroom, where she remained for the night.

Dead grass marks the spot on Cedar Creek Rd near Gympie where a man’s headless torso was dumped and set alight on September 19.

The court heard Williams told police she phoned a taxi the next day and as she left the house she saw Mr Gerbic on the floor.

She stayed at a hotel on the Sunshine Coast before returning to the home where she claimed Mr Gerbic was no longer on the floor, the court heard.

“She headed down into the bedroom and she discovered his torso, she says, wrapped in plastic on the floor,” Mr Fuller said.

“She told police she didn’t know what to do so she just left the torso sitting in the ensuite for a time.”

The court heard Williams claimed a friend named “Booker” had hacked up the body, who is expected to give evidence in the trial.

Mr Fuller said Williams told police she then dragged the torso to the car before setting it alight on the side of the road.

“She said she set it alight so police would find it and someone would report him missing,” Mr Fuller said.

The trial continues.