Lawyers for accused murderer Ricardo Barbaro concede he was with victim Ellie Price in the lead up to her death and left the apartment where her body was found, but argue he was not the one who fatally stabbed her.
04:28 EDT, 12 May 2021
Murdered mother Ellie Price (pictured) A man who lavished cars and cash on murdered Melbourne woman Ellie Price denied he was her sugar daddy or pimp.
Accountant Mark Gray appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday where it was revealed he continued to finance the 26-year old s lavish lifestyle up until she threatened to make a false rape allegation against him just weeks before she was killed.
Ms Price was found with fatal stab wounds in her South Melbourne home on May 4 last year, but it s believed she died as early as five days beforehand.
Her boyfriend Ricardo Barbaro, 34, is charged with her murder and is facing a three-day preliminary hearing.
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