Melbourne court played secret recording of woman threatening to kill her estranged husband following alleged abuse
A Melbourne court has been played a secret recording of the estranged wife of John Setka, saying she wanted to kill the union boss. Emma Walters says she wasn't being serious when she made the comments and says she's the victim of prolonged abuse perpetrated by Mr Setka.
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00:00 Prosecutors say Emma Walters threatened to kill her estranged husband John Setka.
00:06 But Ms Walters says her comments were made in frustration because the powerful union boss was abusive towards her for years.
00:14 The case centres on a secret recording taken by private investigator Adrian Peters earlier this year.
00:20 I have to kill my children's father to survive.
00:27 I just need a gun and I'm willing to deal with the consequences of having to go through the court process.
00:37 Today the court heard Ms Walters and Mr Setka had been in a turbulent relationship for years.
00:42 Ms Walters said her repeated complaints about her husband fell on deaf ears and she'd been failed by the system.
00:49 Victoria Police says an investigation into John Setka is ongoing.
00:54 The union boss has strongly denied allegations against him.
00:58 This afternoon a magistrate dismissed a charge of illegally trying to obtain a firearm against Ms Walters.
01:04 Next month he'll hand down his judgement on the more serious charge of making threats to kill John Setka.
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