GUILTY Australia - Jodie Fesus, 18, found in shallow grave, Mount Warrigal, NSW, 8 Aug 1997

[Tulessa]

He is to appear at the Sydney Supreme Court on 6/3/15.

https://www.facebook.com/jodie.fesus.justice

 

[OkieGranny]

From March:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...leads-not-guilty/story-fn3dxiwe-1227250947930

He was arraigned in the Supreme Court on Friday and will go to trial on October 12.

It's expected to last eight weeks due to the "significant" number of witnesses listed.

 

[antechinusRAWR]

The trial is currently underway


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-...die-fought-before-wedding,-court-told/6871938

 

[antechinusRAWR]

Other media links from 20 Oct


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-...fessed-to-murder-to-undercover-police/6850852


http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/10/21/15/31/fesus-couple-fought-before-wedding-court



& this one's from 1 Nov


http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/11/02/16/44/wife-used-me-as-punching-bag-fesus

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-21/steven-jodie-fesus-murder-trial-jury-majority-verdict/7045648

The jury in the murder trial of a man accused of strangling his wife has been told it can now reach a majority verdict after failing to reach a unanimous decision...

During the trial, the court heard Fesus confessed to an undercover police officer in 2013 that he strangled his wife because he was overworked and stressed.

 

[pappa rob]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-21/steven-jodie-fesus-murder-trial-jury-majority-verdict/7045648

So is that a valid excuse now.. Now I've got the perfect alibi.... []

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/jury-in-m...nable-to-reach-a-verdict-20151203-glehn6.html

On Tuesday the jury in Mr Fesus' murder trial was formerly discharged in the NSW Supreme Court after 13 days of deliberations and more than two months of evidence...

The presiding judge, Justice Helen Wilson, formally discharged the jury after they indicated that they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict, or a majority verdict of 10 jurors to one...

The matter will return to court on February 5 to set a new trial date.

 

[Oona]

The new trial of Steve Fesus for the murder of his wife Jodie in 1997 begun today in the NSW Supreme Court.

"A man accused of murdering his young wife later uncovered her body in the shallow grave he had dug so it would be found, to access a pension, a court has heard."
https://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/32798736/accused-nsw-wife-murderer-trial-opens/#page1

 

[Westside_Sleuth]

https://www.marieclaire.com.au/article/news/jodie-fesus-murder-trial-steve-fesus

"A New South Wales court has heard that a bouncer accused of murdering his wife ticked a 'no' box on a form when asked if she was still living."


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[Trooper]

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/steve-fes...ering-wife-jodie-in-1997-20171003-gytd4n.html

Fesus, 46, pleaded not guilty to murdering Jodie, 18, between 9pm on August 11 and 5am on August 12, 1997 at their Shellharbour home.


But a NSW Supreme Court jury on Tuesday found him guilty after less than one day of deliberating in Sydney.




He has been taken into custody ahead of a sentencing hearing.

 

[Alii]

Well well well. Finally, justice for Jodie. As that murderous, Fesus once said, "it's a beautiful day, isn't it?".

 

[Bohemian]

Killer husband told bride’s dad he’d protect her
news.com.au/AAP
Margaret Scheikowski
DECEMBER 16, 2017 3:44pm

‘WHEN Steve Frank Fesus married his teenage bride in March 1997, the security guard told her father “don’t worry, I will look after her”.

But five months later he murdered the 18-year-old at their Shellharbour home on the NSW south coast, before burying her body in a shallow grave at Seven Mile Beach, near Gerroa.’

‘In submitting that a heavy sentence was warranted for general deterrence, prosecutor Greg Smith SC said Fesus killed his wife in her own home in “an extreme example of domestic violence”.

The prosecutor added: “He overpowered her using his much greater strength and experience gained in overpowering troublesome club patrons.” He had no remorse and had tried to cast suspicion on Jodie’s father, stepfather and his brother.

Defence barrister Keith Chapple SC said Fesus had a life-threatening medical condition and was due to undergo more tests.

Justice Peter Johnson said he expected to sentence Fesus on February 23.’

Read more at:

http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw...r/news-story/d2ad08ac0cf06101fa6600e1f7d9b4f6

 

[symbah]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-23/steve-fesus-sentenced-to-maximum-of-22-years-in-jail/9477582

Steve Fesus jailed for maximum of 22 years for wife Jodie's murder

By Brooke Wylie
Updated February 23, 2018 16:04:30

A man found guilty of the murder and beach burial of his wife more than 20 years ago on the New South Wales south coast has been sentenced to a maximum of 22 years in jail.
Last year Steve Frank Fesus, 47, was found guilty of the murder of Jodie Melissa Fesus who he killed in 1997 just three months after they married.

He will serve a non-parole period of 16 years and six months for strangling Ms Fesus and then burying her in a shallow grave on Seven Mile Beach near Gerroa.