A jury has been unable to reach a verdict over the alleged murder of a young mother whose body was wrapped in plastic and dumped in a creek north of Sydney.
On Thursday, NSW Supreme Court Justice Robertson Wright discharged the jury which was split on whether Justin Kent Dilosa, 36, murdered the then 29-year-old Danielle Easey with a knife and hammer.
The same jury found Dilosa’s co-accused Carol Marie McHenry, 35, guilty of the murder on Monday.
Her body had extensive scalp lacerations, skull depressions and stab wounds to her back.
Dilosa and McHenry, who were in an intense romantic relationship until August 2018, each pleaded not guilty and pointed the finger at each other for the killing.
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The jury was told McHenry got into an argument with her friend Easey who had items stolen from her son and boyfriend in her handbag.
While admitting that he helped cover up the murder, including by throwing the knife and hammer into a fire, Dilosa said he had been physically threatened by McHenry after the killing when he suggested she had to take responsibility for what had happened.
He will appear for arraignment in the NSW Supreme Court on February 10 next year.
McHenry’s sentence hearing has been scheduled for April 3.
