Overview
- Jurors delivered an 11–1 guilty verdict after roughly three-and-a-half days of deliberations in the NSW Supreme Court.
- Prosecutors said a recorded triple-0 call captured Dokhotaru saying her ex was trying to kill her before the call ended and her phone was thrown from a balcony.
- Medical evidence found she died from blunt-force head injuries consistent with blows and a fall inside her 22nd-floor Liverpool unit between 10:35pm and 11:40pm on May 26, 2023.
- Neighbours testified they heard a violent argument, yelling and thuds from the apartment on the night of her death.
- Zayat pleaded not guilty, arguing he left her alive and later found her dead, while the Crown alleged a pattern of physical and verbal abuse.