Killer Mustafa Kunduraci weeps as couple’s daughter reads victim impact statement in court
A PLASTERER who pleaded guilty to murdering a Melbourne couple who hired him for renovations has sobbed in the dock while apologising to his victims’ family.
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A PLASTERER who pleaded guilty to murdering a Melbourne couple who hired him for renovations has sobbed in the dock while apologising to his victims’ family.
Mustafa Kunduraci, 46, banged a desk and shouted that he was sorry as his victims’ adult daughter read out a statement in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Friday.
Unable to control his sobbing, Kunduraci’s court outburst prompted a short adjournment before Caitlin Tucker was able to finish.
“To tell three little children, to tell them that their mum and dad weren’t going to come home, that they were in heaven with grandma – it was the hardest thing I will ever have to do in my life,” she said.
Gregory Tucker, 54, and Korinne Aylward, 35, were murdered in their Moonee Ponds home in 2013 while their three children slept unharmed in another room.
Kunduraci and Mr Tucker had been in a dispute about plastering work at his home.
Mr Tucker said the work was sloppy and despite being paid $20,000 upfront Kunduraci claimed he hadn’t been received payment.
Kunduraci claimed the couple owed him tens of thousands of dollars, and went to their home with a backpack containing a knife, cable ties, duct tape, a bottle of petrol and a letter detailing his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the court heard.
The hearing continues.