John Setka: union boss’s estranged wife said she had ‘to kill my children’s father to survive’, court hears

Emma Walters told police she did not want to kill ex John Setka but was in distress' and had used florid language'

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The union leader John Setka's estranged wife told a private investigator I have to kill my children's father to survive, you're going to help me work out how I do it", a court has been told.

The comments were revealed in a secret video played to court on Tuesday, when Emma Walters had a firearm charge against her dismissed.

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