Murder accused claims self-defence over killing of wife Nelomie Perera in front of their children

Dinush Kurera has pleaded not guilty to murder and assaulting his son after wife's 2022 death in Melbourne home

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A mother-of-three killed by her estranged husband fled the family home with her children almost a decade earlier after he hit her with a hammer and stomped on her, a jury has been told.

Nelomie Perera, 43, was found dead in a pool of blood in her kitchen with 35 separate injuries in December 2022.

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