A man who reportedly told a Triple-0 operator that he put “a knife in” his partner before she was found dead, did not guilty of murder and refused to give an opening address in his trial where he defends himself.
Anthony Eriksen is accused of stabbing his long -term de facto partner Lisa Fenwick on 9 April 2023 in their unit in southern Sydney.
The public prosecutor said that Mrs Fenwick’s body was found in their bedroom with mascot with 18 stab wounds.
Mrs. Fenwick was already dead when paramedics arrived at 6.15 pm, only 11 minutes after a Triple-0 call by Mr Eriksen.
The police would have found Mr Eriksen with her blood on his wrist and right foot.
The proof of the crown includes CCTV images that prove that they were the only two people in the unit at the time of death, and recordings of Mr. Eriksen’s Triple-0 call.
Eriksen reportedly said to the emergency operator “we have a fight” and “I put a knife in her”.
When asked by the operator where he stabbed her, he reportedly said “only the top the chest”.
“Have you done more than one wound?” The emergency operator asked.
“I don’t know, three or something, I don’t know,” he reportedly answered.
De Kroon said that an autopsy on Mrs. Fenwick’s body revealed that there were at least four sharp defects in the heart and four sharp defects to the aorta.
The court also heard that Mrs. Fenwick had three sharp defects to the right lung – one of the wounds that went completely through the lung – a cut to the esophagus, three sharp power injuries to the liver and damage to the main vein of and from the heart.
“I don’t feel safe with him”
Mr. Eriksen, who maintains his innocence, exercises his right to represent himself in the trial for the Supreme Court.
The 62-year-old chose not to say a word to the jury on Tuesday.
The former employee of the NSW government appeared in the court in green prison clothing.
Justice Andrew Coleman advised the jury not to “draw any negative conclusion” from his appearance, his status before the court or the fact that he refused to speak.
The process is expected to last a maximum of 20 days and the crown will present 50 witnesses, including police officers, forensic specialists, Mrs. Fenwick’s mental health care adviser and her family and friends who will testify that she was afraid of Mr. Eriksen.
De Kroon revealed a text that was sent from Mrs. Fenwick to her friend Michelle Roberts.
“If something happens to me, I believe I am a healthy spirit. I am afraid of Tony,” was the message.
“That’s why I tell you this, I just have to have a record when something happens to me.”
Another text to her friend Robert Srjararian read: “Stay in contact Rob, because Tony acts very strangely after I told him about my interview today … I don’t feel safe with him.”
Financial and housing problems hears the court
De Kroon told the jury that it believes that Mrs. Fenwick and the relationship of Mr. Eriksen have been deteriorating for years because of his unemployment and on her confidence for financial support.
It will claim that when Mrs. Fenwick was made superfluous in December 2022, the further financial stress and the relationship have set.
Proof of her counselor and a recorded call from Mr Eriksen to Mensline Australia will show that Mrs. Fenwick wanted him to move and was actively looking for another place to live.
Hours before the alleged murder, Mrs. Fenwick sent a text to Mr Eriksen with a link to a message on a website for sharing home with the text: “I am not sure if they want a 60-year-old man”.
The process will resume on Wednesday where the first witness will provide proof.
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