Overview

• Crown prosecutor Yvette Prowse told Justice Peter Garling that Isaac died of strangulation and suffered blunt-force injuries with two cords bound around her neck.
• Prowse said Sultana called his mother for help moving the body before driving Isaac’s car to bushland near Castlereagh and setting it alight, then burning items at home.
• The Crown will present DNA evidence matching Sultana found on Isaac’s clothing and neighbour accounts of screaming followed by a man leaving the apartment and returning with an older woman.
• Three women, including two former intimate partners, are slated to testify that Sultana showed a tendency for violence when relationships broke down.
• Defence counsel Gregory Woods KC contends Sultana’s post-incident conduct stemmed from panic over possible false accusations and insists there is no direct eyewitness linking him to the killing.