Justin Dilosa and Carol McHenry on trial for murder of Danielle Easey in 2019

The man accused of stabbing young mum Danielle Easey to death has placed the blame on his ex-partner and co-accused, telling the jury she threatened him.

Narara street home where police allege Danielle Easey was stabbed to death before her body was dumped in a creek.

The man accused of stabbing young mum Danielle Easey to death, before wrapping her body in plastic and dumping her body in a creek, has placed the blame on his ex-partner, telling the jury she threatened him saying “I’ll make sure you do 20 years”.

Justin Kent Dilosa continued giving evidence in the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday after pleading not guilty to the murder of Ms Easey, who police allege was stabbed to death at a Narrara home on August 17, 2019, before her body was dumped at Cockle Creek, west of Newcastle, two weeks later.

Carol Marie McHenry – who Dilosa told the court he used to have a “pretty intense” relationship with – is also fighting a charge of murder, but in the alternate has pleaded guilty to a charge of accessory after the fact.

The jury heard Dilosa was tasked with wrapping Ms Easey up after she was killed by McHenry, placing her body in a cupboard and into his van and disposing of her before he had to clean up the “mess”.

The court also heard he had thrown a knife and hammer, the alleged murder weapons, in a fire pit in the backyard of his Cardiff home while friends were there.

Danielle Easey.

He admitted he had been “back and forward” in taking the blame for McHenry.

“I cleaned the van, I had no self preservation because my mindset was, I was taking the blame,” Dilosa said.

“I’d already removed the body for her, got rid of some weapons, if I cleaned the rest of her house, she wipes her hands scot-free of a murder.”

The jury heard in a conversation with one of the witnesses which was recorded by police, Dilosa claimed he had set it up so no-one else could be implicated and that he would take responsibility.

“At the time they (the comments) were genuine, but on and off in that period depending on my thought pattern, how I was being treated, it flipped back and forward,” Dilosa said.

He told the jury at one point he pleaded with McHenry to fess-up to police.

“I remember saying to Carol, you need to take the blame for what you did, take the blame for the murder. It come off a comment she made to me something about a dead body in my van,” Dilosa recalled.

“She said I’ll make sure you do 20 years for this.”

Danielle Easey was found dead in 2019.

Mr Webb asked Dilosa if he had killed Ms Easey, to which he replied “no”.

“Why did you do anything with the body at all?” Mr Webb persisted.

Dilosa explained he had a long history with Carol (McHenry) and had pleaded to him that she would never see her kids again.
“I didn’t want them to lose their mother and I said to Carol I would help,” he said.

Mr Webb then pressed on about a number of conversations in which Dilosa had with several witnesses who have already given evidence in the trial.

During one conversation with a friend, the jury heard Dilosa had admitted he killed Ms Easey because “the crack ran out” and she was going to hurt his friends so he stabbed her in the head and back.

“Did you make such an admission?” Mr Webb said. “No,” replied Dilosa.

The trial continues.