{"id":597318,"date":"2026-04-10T06:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/597318\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:19:10","slug":"jealous-partner-gofal-baziad-not-guilty-of-jason-palmers-murder-court-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/597318\/","title":{"rendered":"Jealous partner Gofal Baziad not guilty of Jason Palmer’s murder, court told"},"content":{"rendered":"

An accused murderer<\/a> embroiled in a complicated love triangle cannot be convicted because of a lack of evidence, a defence barrister says.Gofal Baziad, 54, has pleaded not guilty to the 2004 murder<\/a> of Jason Palmer, the ex-husband of his on-again-off-again partner Remmy.Baziad left Australia<\/a> for five years about a month after Palmer’s body was found in the Nepean River with substantial torso wounds.\"GofalGofal Baziad is accused of murdering Jason Palmer, so he could continue a relationship with his wife Renny. (9News)But Baziad’s barrister told a NSW<\/a> Supreme Court<\/a> jury today the prosecution’s circumstantial case did not have enough evidence to find the love rival responsible for Palmer’s death.<\/p>\n

“There will be a lot of witnesses and a lot of detail,” Madeleine Avenell SC told the jury in her opening address.<\/p>\n

“[But] you won’t be able to be positively satisfied of the ultimate question: has the prosecution proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Baziad was the person responsible?”<\/p>\n

Jason and Remmy Palmer had been married and had a “somewhat intertwined” life with Baziad, Avenell said.<\/p>\n

But the exact nature of Baziad’s relationship with Palmer before her ex-husband’s death would be subject to evidence in the trial, the defence barrister said.<\/p>\n

Baziad left Australia on March 28, 2004 and did not return until 2009, the jury heard.<\/p>\n

Why he left the country and did not return for so long is expected to be a matter of dispute in the trial, Avenell said.<\/p>\n

\"\"\/Police allege\ufeff Jason Palmer was murdered by a 52-year-old man who had been in a relationship with his wife. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

Palmer also left the country and was in a subsequent relationship with Baziad for many years, the jury was told.<\/p>\n

Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC said Baziad was a jealous man who tended to act violently when he saw Palmer with another male.<\/p>\n

Evidence is expected to be given that Baziad attacked a man in a hardware store carpark, with whom Palmer was having a relationship after leaving Baziad in 2018.<\/p>\n

Palmer is expected to testify at trial that she always had strong feelings for her ex-husband and wanted to make him jealous through her relationship with Baziad.<\/p>\n

In December 2003, the trio met to discuss the situation, and Palmer was asked to choose between the men.<\/p>\n

When she chose her former husband, Baziad indicated he accepted the decision, Hatfield said.<\/p>\n

However, Palmer was seen for the last time months later, walking out of his partner’s home in Sydney’s south west with his friend Baziad on February 6, 2004.<\/p>\n

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