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Jack Gramenz

Woman 'destroyed' before husband shot dead in sleep

A woman accused of her husband's murder had been subjected to coercive control, her trial has heard. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A woman who allegedly murdered her legally blind husband, shooting him in the eye with a double-barrelled shotgun as he slept, meant to shoot herself, a court has heard.

She had been pushed to suicide by her husband's incessant, controlling behaviour, and was mentally impaired when she killed him instead, her barrister said.

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