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Emily Woods

Delusions before 'monster' murdered pregnant ex

Benjamin Coman held delusions that his ex-partner's unborn baby was not his when he killed the mother-of-two at their former family home.

He was also paranoid supermarkets were poisoning his food, he was being spied on and a client was trying to defraud him of money, a Melbourne court has been told.

Coman, 31, faced the second day of a pre-sentence hearing on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to the October 2021 murder of Michelle Darragh, 32, inside the home they once shared with their children in Bayswater North.

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