
A mother-of-three killed by her estranged husband fled the family home with her children almost a decade earlier after he hit her with a hammer and stomped on her, a jury has been told.
Nelomie Perera, 43, was found dead in her kitchen in December 2022 after Dinush Kurera allegedly murdered her in what prosecutors alleged was a "sustained, brutal and vicious attack" with a hatchet and kitchen knife.