Melbourne man charged with murder of his de facto partner
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/17/melbourne-man-charged-with-of-his-de-facto-partner Version 0 of 1. A man has been charged with murder over the stabbing death of his de facto partner on a Melbourne street. The 38-year-old man handed himself into police at Sunshine police station on Thursday morning. The Sunshine North man has been charged with one count of murder and will appear in the Melbourne magistrates court later on Thursday. The man's de facto partner died after being stabbed in front of lunchtime shoppers in Sunshine's busy Hampshire Road shopping district on Wednesday afternoon. Passersby performed CPR on the 33-year-old mother of four but could not save her. Police on Wednesday said the couple had been in court that morning over a dispute. The woman was attacked only three minutes after leaving her lawyer's office. The Melton West woman’s children are aged from nine to 15. |