Anthony Mu, former MKR star, to stand trial on multiple assault-related charges in July

News.com.au

09-05-2025

A trial date has been set for a former My Kitchen Rules contender who is facing multiple charges of assault.
Anthony Mu did not appear before Richlands Magistrates Court when his matter was briefly mentioned on Friday morning.
It followed his wife, Claudean Bernadette Uamaki-Mu, last week pleading guilty at the same court to six charges of common assault – receiving a good behaviour bond and no convictions.
The pair appeared on the Channel 7 reality cooking show in 2023.
Devyn Wanigesekera, appearing as a town agent for King Criminal Lawyers, fronted court for Mr Mu and his barrister Stephen Kissick.
Mr Mu is facing eight counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (two while in company), two counts of common assault and one count of observations in breach of privacy.
The court on Friday was told Mr Mu's trial was meant to go ahead last week alongside Ms Uamaki-Mu's matters, but it was adjourned due to lengthy case conferencing for Ms Uamaki-Mu's matters.
'The purpose of a mention today is to re-list the trial,' Mr Wanigesekera said.
'My instructions are (to request) one full day, as an estimate.'
Acting Magistrate Michael Quinn said there was little chance of obtaining a hearing date on June 11.
A hearing date was organised for July 28. Mr Mu remains on bail.
Last Thursday, Ms Uamaki-Mu pleaded guilty to six charges of common assault following lengthy conferencing between her legal team and police prosecutors.
The court was told the six charges related to assaults Ms Uamaki-Mu inflicted on children.
Mr Quinn noted some details included Ms Uamaki-Mu pulling the hair of children, hitting one in the back of a head with a hairbrush, spitting on a child and throwing a plastic Tupperware container that hit a child on the back of the head.
The court was told there was another incident in which a child was kicked in the stomach and yanked up by the hair.
Another involved grabbing and throwing a child into a wall.
'Another … involved pulling the child to the ground and poking the child in the face with your finger,' Mr Quinn said.
Ms Uamaki-Mu walked from court with a 12-month good behaviour bond and $1000 recognisance, and no conviction recorded.
She is still due to stand trial in the District Court on 12 charges, including unlawful assault occasioning actual bodily harm, indecent treatment and rape.
Dozens of charges against her were dismissed during a committal hearing in January, where Magistrate Stuart Shearer there were 'no particulars' or evidence to support each charge or that it was duplicitous with another charge.