John Chardon on trial for murder of wife Novy: Victim’s best friend

Accused wife killer John Chardon allegedly slept with teenagers when he travelled overseas and showed his wife pictures of other women, a Brisbane court has heard.

ACCUSED wife killer John Chardon allegedly slept with teenagers when he travelled overseas and showed his wife pictures of naked women, a court has heard.

The 71-year-old lubricant businessman is on trial in the Supreme Court in Brisbane for the murder of Novy Chardon, who went missing in February 2013.

He has pleaded not guilty.

Trial Day 1: Chardon pleads not guilty

Novy was last seen on February 6, 2013. She has not used her bank accounts, left the country and seen a doctor since that date but her body has never been found, the court has heard.

John William Chardon has pleaded not guilty to the 2013 murder of his wife Novy Chardon. Picture: Darren England

Her car was found nearby the Nerang train station about five days after Novy went missing.

During the second day of his murder trial, Novy’s friend Deborah Manduapessy told the court Novy had claimed Chardon was having sex with other women when he went to Indonesia, including “children” aged 16 and 17.

The woman, who reported Novy missing, told the court after her friend’s disappearance, she confronted Chardon.

“I asked John, I said: ‘Where is Novy?’ and he said: ‘She’s taken off and probably taken some time off to cool down and she’s left us’ and that’s what he said,” Ms Manduapessy told the court.

She told the court Chardon called his wife “evil” and “greedy” before launching into a verbal tirade against the woman asking her: “What the f*** are you talking about?”

“Along the lines of you are overthinking, you are making an exaggeration,” she said.

Novy Chardon was last seen on February 6, 2013.

Ms Manduapessy told the court Novy had claimed Chardon was having sex with other women when he went to Indonesia, including “children” aged 16 and 17.

She said Novy also said Chardon showed her pictures of women.

“Many times I asked her what do you see in him (Chardon)? Because you’re an intelligent woman, you know you’re beautiful and she genuinely, genuinely loved him and she did say he was a different man when she met him but it all changed,” Ms Manduapessy said.

The court heard Chardon left the Gold Coast for Indonesia on a business trip two days after Novy’s disappearance.

The trial continues on Monday.

Originally published as John Chardon on trial for murder of wife Novy: Victim’s best friend