NSW: Accused told girlfriend he wanted to kill himself

AAP General News (Australia)
04-06-2004
NSW: Accused told girlfriend he wanted to kill himself

A court's heard that a Sydney man accused of murdering his family told his then girlfriend
that he had bought poison seeds to kill himself -- not them.

SEF GONZALES is standing trial in the NSW Supreme Court, charged with murdering his
parents TEDDY and MARY LOIVA, and his 18-year-old sister CLODINE at their North Ryde home
on July the 10th, 2001.

Crown Prosecutor MARK TEDESCHI, QC, has told the court the 23-year-old stabbed to death
his family, one by one, over a three-hour period.

He also says that a week before the murders GONZALES tried to poison his family with
highly toxic seeds he purchased over the internet.

The court today heard that GONZALES told his then girlfriend in early 2002 he had bought
the seeds to commit suicide, and thought they would destroy his internal organs to make
it look like cancer.

Mr TEDESCHI's told jurors GONZALES falsely told his friends for years he had cancer
to elicit sympathy.

The trial continues.

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KEYWORD: GONZALES (SYDNEY)

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