Secret diaries kept by alleged killer lovers read in Supreme Court
SECRET diaries kept by alleged killers behind a cyanide murder plot prove they were carrying out an illicit affair before the cold-blooded murder, a jury has been told.
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SECRET diaries kept by alleged killers behind a cyanide murder plot prove they were carrying out an illicit affair before the cold-blooded murder, a jury has been told.
A series of Dear Diary entries was on Monday read aloud in the Supreme Court as alleged killer lovers Sofia Sam, 33, and Arun Kamalasanan, 35, watched on from the dock.
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They are each charged with, and have pleaded not guilty to, a count of murder over the poisoning death of Ms Sam’s former husband Sam Abraham, 33.
Opening the Crown case acting chief crown prosecutor Kerry Judd, SC, said Ms Sam and Mr Kamalsanan were secretly involved at least two years before Mr Abraham’s death.
At the time, both accused were married and each had a son.
Ms Judd said a series of diary entries kept by the pair proved the secret relationship.
“I wish to sleep in your arms but I can’t do that, I want to be yours but you are not mine, you are the one for me but you don’t belong to me,” was read from Ms Sam’s diary.
Another entry read: “Why I am made with rock heart, why I am so cruel, why I am so cunning ... why you make me bad.”
Ms Judd said entries from Mr Kamalasanan’s diary further proved the relationship.
In his electronic diary, he recorded coming to Australia from his native India to meet Ms Sam, and professed his love for her, the jury was told.
“It may take thousands of books to describe how much I love my love, my eternal love,” he wrote.
“It took a long time to gather the strength to let her know about my love and how much I love. Now she knows how much I love her.”
In another entry Mr Kamalasanan wrote: “I am sure that one day she will be mine, this life or next. I will wait for her.
“I am afraid ... how many more days I need to live in pain without her.”
The 14-member jury was told Ms Sam started making the diary entries in January 2013, about seven weeks after moving to Australia from India.
In the months that followed, prosecutors say she wrote of missing Mr Kamalasanan until he arrived in Melbourne in July, and detailed a surprise phone call to Ms Sam in his diary.
“Met my love for the first time in Melb. after seven months. Yes I reached near her. A promise, to be there, wherever you go,” he wrote.
Emergency services were called to Mr Abraham’s Epping home, where he lived with Ms Sam and their six-year-old son, in October 2015.
He had passed out and was foaming at the mouth, could not be woken and was not breathing.
The jury was told paramedics arrived 14 minutes after a call was placed to 000 but Mr Abraham could not be saved.
An autopsy determined the cause of death was cyanide poisoning.
The trial, before Justice Paul Coghlan, continues.
SOFIA SAM’S 2013 DIARY ENTRIES
(Diary entries are published as they appeared)
January 28: Brought this diary for 3$ you know why i need this diary?? its a secret I will tell you later ok
January 29: We never know why we like someone more than others why...we love someone without reason. Why we feel happy to them...some relations has no explanation
January 30: I feel to hug uou and comfort you. Dont look at me like this or I will start crying. I want to hug you and make all your sorrws disappear
February 2: Was waiting...with your memories on my mind I’m waiting for you
February 3: You are unable to meet me. I’m unable to live. Miss you a lot. What kind of senselessness is this. I fail to understand.
February 8: I wish to sleep in your arms but I cant do that. I want to be yours but you are not mine. You are the one for me but you dont belong to me.
February 14: I do remember you first in this day. I’m the lucky girl in this world.But on the other hand I am still the unlucky girl
February 17: Miss you a lot dear. Can you hold me tight. I want to drift away in your love. I want to forget myself in your arms hug me tight...hold me rude
March 5: Why I am made with rock heart. Why I am so cruel. Why I am so cunning...why you make me bad
ARUN KAMALASANAN’S 2013 DIARY ENTRIES
July 9: Met my love for the first time in Melb after 7 months. Yes I reached near her. A promse, to be there, wherever you go.
July 23: It may take thousands of books to describe how much I love my love my eternal love. It took a long time to gather the strength to let her know about my love and how much I love, now she knows how much I love her.
I just need to love you until my last breath. But i wish to live a life with you...i wont be enjoying my life till i get a life to love with you.
September 10: She’s best match for me in all ways. What to do. I am sure that one day she will be mine, this life or next. I iwll wait for her. I am afraid...how many more days i need to live in pain without her.