Kerrie Lee Catling in court accused of murdering husband Chris Catling

A Rockhampton woman accused of stabbing her husband to death is applying to cross examine witnesses during her committal proceedings in court.

Kerrie Catling has been charged over the alleged murder of her husband Chris Catling.

A Rockhampton woman accused of stabbing her husband to death is applying to cross examine witnesses during her committal proceedings in court.

Kerrie Lee Catling was charged in August 2021 with the murder of Chris Catling, 51, who died on March 22, as a result of a single stab wound by a knife to his chest.

An update on the case was provided in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on December 7.

McGowran and Cagney Lawyers solicitor Grant Cagney said he had instructions to make an application to cross examine witnesses at the committal.

Chris Catling died on March 22, 2021.

“The first step of course is to seek police approval and I am drafting submissions to police currently,” Mr Cagney said.

Mr Cagney requested the matter be adjourned to a date in January to allow for him to send the correspondence seeking consent and to file an application if consent was not provided.

Magistrate Cameron Press adjourned Ms Catling’s matter to January 25.

Kerrie Catling.

During a bail application in the Supreme Court in October 2021, the court heard police received two Triple-0 calls on the day of the alleged murder, the first from a male, with a female voice heard in the background, before it was terminated.

Police found Mr Catling unresponsive in a lounge chair in the couple’s Norman Gardens home, with a knife on the ground near his right hand.

He had no defensive wounds, the court heard.

Justice David Boddice said it was alleged the downward trajectory of the knife went from the top of the chest into Mr Catling’s heart, with the wound 12 centimetres deep.

Ms Catling was denied bail on that occasion and remains remanded in custody.

Originally published as Kerrie Lee Catling in court accused of murdering husband Chris Catling