An 86-year-old man, accused of the stabbing murder of his wife of 60 years, allegedly said "Nan is at peace" after arriving at his granddaughter's home in his pyjamas, blood on his bare feet.
On Sunday, Wanda Dorothy Uhle, 78, was found dead in a Gordon home with a forensic doctor identifying nine incised wounds to her chest, along with multiple additional injuries to her body.
In the ACT Magistrates Court on Monday, her husband, Manfred Uhle, was charged with her murder. He is yet to enter a plea.