Woman colluded to murder fiance, a Queensland court has heard

A FORMER prostitute involved her secret lover in a brutal murder plot that led to her fiance being shot 10 times in the head on the Gold Coast, a Queensland jury has heard.

Th partner of slain Gold Coast businessman Shyam `Sam' Dhody, Melissa Shaw (blonde hair), being lead by police int the Southport Police, over his execution-style murder.

A FORMER prostitute charged over the fatal shooting of her partner has been compared to Helen of Troy in court, described as “the face that launched the murder” of the 37-year-old Gold Coast businessman.

Melissa Leigh Shaw’s trial began in the Brisbane Supreme Court today after she pleaded not guilty to murdering Shyam “Sam’’ Dhody in July 2013, or attempting to kill him four months earlier.

Shyam Dhody aka Sam Dhody died in 2013.

Crown prosecutor Dennis Kinsella in his opening address told the jury Shaw procured on-and-off lover Adam James Gooley to kill Mr Dhody, who beat her during the course of their relationship after she met him in her work as a prostitute.

“(Shaw was) the face that launched the murder of Sam Dhody,” he said.

The family of Gilston murder victim Shyam (Sam) Dhody. Pictured: Sam’s father Kavinda (on the left), mother Sushma, and brothers Sanjeev and Vivek (far right) Dhody.

Mr Kinsella added she was also the Trojan horse of the tale.

He said the “writing was well and truly on the wall” for their two-year relationship when a man alleged to be Gooley attempted to beat Mr Dhody with a crowbar in March, 2013.

But Mr Dhody survived, he said, due in part to a woman witnessing the attack.

He would not survive the next attack, though.

On July 5, 2013, Mr Dhody was shot in the head 10 times while he was still in bed.

The trial continues this afternoon and is expected to run for three weeks.