A man accused of murdering a woman on the Central Coast in 2019 wrote a letter after her death which said “she was bad news” and he wished he had “never met her”, a court has been told.
Justin Kent Dilosa, 37, is standing trial in the NSW Supreme Court, accused of murdering Danielle Easey on the Central Coast in August 2019.
He has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to being an accessory after the fact, with his lawyer telling the court there was no dispute he used a van to move her body.
Ms Easey was 29 years old when she was killed and her body dumped, wrapped in a doona and plastic at Cockle Creek near Newcastle.
The Crown prosecution has alleged Mr Dilosa and his former partner, Carol McHenry, murdered Ms Easey at Narara either on August 17 or August 18, 2019.
An autopsy found she had suffered multiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma to the head, the court has been told.
Mr Dilosa, who met Ms Easey several days before her death, has denied inflicting the fatal blows or being responsible for her murder.
Crown prosecutor John Stanhope read a letter to the jury on Monday which he said was written by Mr Dilosa after the death.
“Whomever finds me, this is a quick letter to let you know I’m scared s**tless,” the jury heard the letter said.
“She said she had been raped by four males at Charlestown netball courts, one was a copper another a crim … I thought the story was bulls**t.”
In the letter, the jury was told Mr Dilosa wrote Ms Easey was “bad news” and he wished “I never met her”.
“She had moments of normality before she ripped into a ruthless junkie,” the letter said, the court was told.
“I’m worried that whoever got her will come and get me.
“I love my brothers … I just hope I get to tell them … before these dangerous evil f**ks get me too.”
Earlier in the trial, the court was told Mr Dilosa had told other people he stabbed and killed Ms Easey.
Jacob Collins told the court he had been a regular drug user and met Mr Dilosa in March 2019 when he was released from prison after serving a jail term for driving offences.
He said he met Ms Easey on one occasion and some time later discussed her with Mr Dilosa.
“Me and (his then partner Bronte Daly) went to Justin’s and he said something like ‘you know that chick, she was no good, I had to kill her, she was going to hurt my friends and I’d do it again’,” Mr Collins said.
Mr Collins says he told Mr Dilosa he should “hand himself in”.
He said he was told by Mr Dilosa on another occasion he had stabbed Ms Easey.
“Something about they were at Carol’s house and they were chilling out and the drugs ran out and she lost her s**t or something,” Mr Collins told the court.
“And he stabbed her in the head and then the back.”
Asked if he said anything further, Mr Collins added: “I said I don’t want to know this stuff. I said ‘why are you telling me?’”
Mr Dilosa was often seen carrying a hunting knife, which was referred to as a “pig sticker”, the court was told, with Mr Collins telling the court he overheard Mr Dilosa say he wanted to destroy the knife.
He told the court Mr Dilosa also said: “He loved that knife and he was going to miss it.”
The trial before Justice Deborah Sweeney continues.