‘Just dreadful’: murder trial told of moment woman discovered ex-husband’s beaten body

Denise McCarthy told trial of Narelle Fiona Smith that she found her ex-husband, Peter, dead in his home after being unable to contact him for days

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After failing to hear from her ex-husband for several days before Christmas 2020, Denise McCarthy went to his Sydney unit and discovered his brutally bashed body.

Giving evidence at Narelle Fiona Smith's murder trial on Wednesday, McCarthy said on 20 December 2020 she had dropped by her former husband Peter McCarthy's unit in South Coogee after repeated calls went unanswered.