The girlfriend of a man whose ex-partner’s husband shot and killed her at home has explained in a trial how the shooter also pointed a gun at her and pulled the trigger.
During a deadly fight at Michael Caposiena’s home in Westmeadows, in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, on March 12, 2016, Caposiena stabbed Glen Cassidy with a kitchen knife before Cassidy shot him in the head. The two men died at the scene.
Biannca Edmunds (left) and her husband Glen Cassidy.
Cassidy’s widow, Biannca Edmunds, who was in Shepparton at the time of the men’s deaths, is on trial in the Supreme Court for the murder of Caposiena, who was the father of her son.
Edmunds, 36, pleaded not guilty to murder and denied prosecution charges that led to Cassidy carrying out the attack, helped him plan it. draw a map and provided him with the weapon.
Prosecutors allege that Edmunds wanted his ex-partner dead because he wanted more visitation rights for his son.
Caposiena’s girlfriend Silvana Silva told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that they were watching TV in the living room when she looked out of a window and saw Cassidy on the street, and “she froze because the memory of [custody hearings in] court ”.
He said he told Caposiena that Cassidy was out, but he replied that she was “paranoid.” But about 10 minutes later, Cassidy approached her house and knocked on the door. At that time, Caposiena had armed himself with a knife.
Silva said he heard Caposiena tell the visitor through the security door, “I’m sorry, but I can’t do anything for you. I’m sorry I can’t help you with that.” He also heard Cassidy ask for Caposiena’s hand.
When Caposiena opened the security door, Silva said, Cassidy pushed him inside and the two men fought for a few seconds. He said it was at that moment that he saw that Cassidy had a gun.