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Neighbours Describe Night of Violence as Jury Hears Zayat's 000 Calls in Dokhotaru Murder Trial

The case centers on an 89-second emergency call and a post-mortem finding of blunt force head injury.

Overview

  • Jurors heard two triple-zero calls Danny Zayat made the following day in which he wailed, reported blood from the nose and attempted CPR before paramedics pronounced Tatiana Dokhotaru dead.
  • Next-door neighbours testified to thuds, expletives and a male voice yelling profanities with a woman shouting "get out" from the Liverpool unit on the night in question.
  • The Crown reminded jurors of Dokhotaru’s earlier 89-second call stating "he's trying to kill me" and alleging she was being bashed and her money stolen before the call ended.
  • Prosecutors allege Zayat ended that call, threw her phone from the 22nd-floor balcony and stole cash, with CCTV expected to depict the phone going over the edge and him leaving holding money.
  • The defence accepts the relationship was volatile but disputes that any acts were done with intent to kill or cause grievous bodily harm, as the multi-week trial proceeds with about 40 witnesses.