'I've shot him,' woman tells slain husband's friend
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- 12 Apr 2023
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David Borg thought the bang of a slamming door woke him after he had fallen asleep watching TV, until a long-time friend's wife revealed she had just shot him.
"She said, from memory 'call an ambulance, I've shot him. I was going to shoot myself, but I shot him'," Mr Borg told a jury on Wednesday.
Dale Vella, 54, has pleaded not guilty to murder and is facing a NSW Supreme Court trial after shooting her husband of 23 years.
Mark Anthony Vella, 52, was killed at their Murrumbateman home in the state's southern tablelands in August 2021.
Mr Borg said he could see blood from the doorway of his friend's bedroom, but he could not go inside.
"I think I said to Dale, 'you're going to jail', and then I went and got my phone," he said.
It is not disputed Vella shot her husband through the eye with a shotgun as he slept, however the jury is considering her state of mind at the time. Read More..
