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Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Perth woman recalls moment partner shot dead by masked intruders
A Perth woman has recalled the moment she was disturbed in the middle of the night, only to pull open her bedroom curtains and be confronted by a masked intruder who fired a sawn-off shotgun through the window, killing her partner. Ralph Matthews-Cox, 47, died as a result of those wounds and the man accused of being responsible, Peter Nguyen-Ha, 34, is currently on trial charged with his murder. On Tuesday, Matthews-Cox's partner, Tammy Wallace, told a Supreme Court jury she heard a noise in the early hours of January 12, 2022, and peeled back the curtains of the bedroom window in her Landsdale home to see what caused the disturbance. She said she came face-to-face with a man dressed in black and wearing a COVID-style mask, before screaming and stepping away from the window. Police allege Nguyen-Ha then fired the shots, claiming he was looking for a man who had stolen thousands of dollars of drug money from him days earlier. Nguyen-Ha denies the allegations. At the start of the trial two weeks ago, prosecutor Beau Sertorio told the jury Matthews-Cox was shot mistakenly as Nguyen-Ha tried to enact revenge for the theft. 'The story of this trial doesn't begin with the fatal shooting, it begins earlier with dangerous and deliberate choices,' Sertorio said. 'Choices rooted in the underworld of drug dealing.'
The Age
2 days ago
- The Age
Perth woman recalls moment partner shot dead by masked intruders
A Perth woman has recalled the moment she was disturbed in the middle of the night, only to pull open her bedroom curtains and be confronted by a masked intruder who fired a sawn-off shotgun through the window, killing her partner. Ralph Matthews-Cox, 47, died as a result of those wounds and the man accused of being responsible, Peter Nguyen-Ha, 34, is currently on trial charged with his murder. On Tuesday, Matthews-Cox's partner, Tammy Wallace, told a Supreme Court jury she heard a noise in the early hours of January 12, 2022, and peeled back the curtains of the bedroom window in her Landsdale home to see what caused the disturbance. She said she came face-to-face with a man dressed in black and wearing a COVID-style mask, before screaming and stepping away from the window. Police allege Nguyen-Ha then fired the shots, claiming he was looking for a man who had stolen thousands of dollars of drug money from him days earlier. Nguyen-Ha denies the allegations. At the start of the trial two weeks ago, prosecutor Beau Sertorio told the jury Matthews-Cox was shot mistakenly as Nguyen-Ha tried to enact revenge for the theft. 'The story of this trial doesn't begin with the fatal shooting, it begins earlier with dangerous and deliberate choices,' Sertorio said. 'Choices rooted in the underworld of drug dealing.'
