Husband accused of murdering his wife in Alice Springs

A MAN accused of stabbing his wife to death on Anzac Day last year allegedly turned up to a police station to ask if she was still alive, a court has heard

A man accused of stabbing his wife to death on Anzac Day last year allegedly turned up to a police station to ask if she was still alive, a court has heard

A MAN accused of stabbing his wife to death on Anzac Day last year allegedly turned up to the Alice Springs Police Station to ask if she was still alive, a court has heard.

Norbert Mulladad, 56, appeared in the Alice Springs Supreme Court for the first day of his trial on Monday. He has pleaded not guilty to murder.

According to the Crown, Mulladad’s wife was sleeping on a veranda at Charles Creek Camp before he repeatedly stabbed her leaving nine stab wounds including one that penetrated her heart.

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On his opening address to the jury, Crown Prosecutor Stephen Robson said they could expect to hear evidence that Mulladad called family to tell them he stabbed his wife Pamela Mulladad.

Mr Robson said after Mulladad woke his wife up, she allegedly told him that she “didn’t want him anymore”.

“He called a number of family members while he was walking along from Charles Creek into town and he told them that he’d stabbed Pamela Mulladad and that she was dead,” he told the court.

Police officer Rebecca Burston answered questions in court and said Mulladad walked into the police station while she was on shift and asked her if his wife was alive.

“I asked him why he believed his wife was dead and he said ‘because I stabbed her,’ ” Officer Burston said.

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According to the Crown, Mulladad threw the weapon away as he walked towards the Alice Springs CBD.

Mulladad’s barrister Jon Tippett QC did not deliver an opening address.

The trial before Acting Justice Dean Mildren continues.