Friday 27 May 2022 04:37 PM Melbourne mum Biannca Edmunds accused of allegedly ordering husband to murder ... trends now
A Victorian mum allegedly goaded her new husband into executing her former partner over a bitter custody dispute but both men ended up dead.
Biannca Edmunds, 36, is on trial before a jury for the shooting murder of her ex-fiance Michael Caposiena in Melbourne.
Prosecutors allege she ordered her new husband, Glen Cassidy, to carry out the shooting. She has pleaded not guilty to murder.
Cassidy, 49, died from blood loss after being stabbed with a carving knife as he shot Mr Caposiena, 32, in the head at his Westmeadows unit on March 12, 2016.
A Victorian mum allegedly goaded her new husband into executing her former partner over a bitter custody dispute but both men ended up dead
Biannca Edmunds, 36, is on trial before a jury for the 2016 shooting murder of her ex-fiance Michael Caposiena (pictured) in Melbourne
Victorian Supreme Court heard Edmunds, 36, supplied Cassidy with a gun and gave him Mr Caposiena's Pascoe Street home address.
The motive for the murder plot, the court heard, was that Edmunds wanted Mr Caposiena dead over a row about him wanting shared access to their son.
Prosecutors alleged she also mocked and goaded Cassidy, telling him he wasn't a 'real man' if he didn't 'deal' with her ex.
'If you had any f***ing balls, you'd go and deal with this bloke. You're a spineless coward.'
'[Edmunds] assisted or encouraged or directed the murder of Michael Caposiena, and she did that using the hand of Glen Cassidy,' alleged crown prosecutor Neil Hutton.
Biannca Edmunds (right) is accused of ordering a brutal hit against her former partner in an effort to keep him out of their child's life
The jury heard Cassidy went to Mr Caposiena's unit and shook hands with him
But he then pushed Mr Caposiena backwards and pulled out a gun, aiming it at the younger man's head.
Mr Caposiena managed to grab a a kitchen knife and stab Cassidy with it before Cassidy pulled the
