Prosecutors proceed with attempted murder charge against Anna Maria Di Pinto

A woman allegedly chased her husband of nearly 40 years around their home with a knife screaming “he needs to die”.

A woman who allegedly chased her husband with a knife around their home screaming “he needs to die” will battle an attempted murder charge, with prosecutors warning they possess “significant amounts of police body-worn video” of the aftermath of the incident.

Police allege Anna Maria Di Pinto tried to kill her husband of nearly 40 years at their home in northeastern Adelaide in October last year, at one point allegedly cutting her husband in the neck and saying “you will bleed out soon”.

Ms Di Pinto’s husband allegedly threw chairs at her as he tried to escape the attack before fleeing out of the bathroom and alerting the neighbours.

Ms Di Pinto is then alleged to have stood outside the house screaming “he needs to die, he needs to die, he stops me from seeing my family”.

Photos from the scene show the husband on an ambulance gurney with a bloody bandage on his neck.

Ms Di Pinto appeared before magistrate Justin Wickens at Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday as prosecutors confirmed they would proceed with an attempted murder charge.

Anna Maria Di Pinto is facing an attempted murder charge. Picture: NewsWire / Dean Martin

The prosecution asked for a four-month adjournment for an answer charge date when Ms Dipinto will enter pleas to the allegation.

“There is a significant amount of police body-worn video and recordings of the defendant and the complainant, police affidavits to be obtained, triple-0 recordings, a South Australian ambulance affidavit, investigations in relation to CCTV … further medical records,” the prosecutor said.

Ms Di Pinto’s defence lawyer objected to the four-month timeframe and said keeping his client on strict home detention bail for such a lengthy period would be “deleterious” to her mental health.

Mr Wickens pressed the prosecution on why they needed the time to gather the case material together.

“It should have been in train immediately after the arrest,” he said.

“These are things which are easily provided.”

Ms Di Pinto talks with police after the alleged October 2024 attempted murder incident in Adelaide. Picture: 7News

The prosecution replied the “materials simply just were not provided” in the preliminary brief.

“There are numerous outstanding materials (required),” he said.

Mr Wickens rejected the prosecution’s request for four months and set the answer charge date for May 7.

“I’ll allow three months to answer the charge,” he said.

“Light a fire under someone.”

Ms Di Pinto had made no admissions to the charge and negotiations had not yet begun between the defence and prosecution, the court was told.

She stood quietly in the dock throughout the brief hearing and then left the courthouse with a group of supporters.