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A man has been charged with the alleged murder of his 65-year-old partner in Australia’s capital.
The 70-year-old man is accused of stabbing the woman to death in her home on Kinloch Circuit in Bruce, Canberra at 5:40pm on Monday.
He has been in Canberra Hospital since the discovery of her body under a police guard. The man suffered knife wounds to his wrists during the altercation.
The man appeared before the ACT Magistrates Court on Friday afternoon via audio-visual link from his hospital bed.
A man, 70, has been charged with murdering his partner, 65, in her Bruce, Canberra home on Monday
The man has been under police guard since the incident in Canberra Hospital after suffering wrist wounds
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When authorities arrived at the house on Monday they were unable to revive the woman who died at the scene from her wounds.
Acting Superintendent Mark Steel said that the couple’s daughter reported the murder to police after discovering the body in the kitchen.
No one else was at hurt during the altercation.
Acting Supt Steel was unable to divulge the nature of their relationship but expressed his sympathies for their daughter.
‘Obviously the family member suffered a great deal of trauma seeing the deceased family member at the scene,’ acting Supt Steel told the Canberra Times.
The man was formally arrested on Friday and has yet to enter a plea.
