Max Sica confessed to a friend that he killed his girlfriend and her siblings, a Brisbane court has been told.
Sica is accused of strangling Neelma Singh, 24, and killing her siblings Kunal, 18, and Sidhi, 12, with a garden fork.
The three were found dead in the spa of the family home in the outer Brisbane suburb of Bridgeman Downs on April 22, 2003.
The crown is alleging Sica, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder, killed the trio, tried to clean up after himself by using bleach, and later called the police pretending to be upset to deflect the blame from himself.
In a continuation of his opening address on Tuesday, prosecutor Michael Byrne SC told the Supreme Court in Brisbane that Sica confessed his guilt in 2008 to an old friend, Andrea Bowman, who was writing a book on the case.
Mr Byrne said Ms Bowman asked Sica, who was mildly intoxicated at the time, if he was remorseful about what happened.
“He said words to the effect that he cried about what he did, and he would take it back if he could,” Mr Byrne said.
Mr Byrne said Sica then “asked her if she knew how hard it is to kill someone when they ask you to please don’t”, and later asked Ms Bowman if he was “busted” for telling her these things.
“The crown case is that the evidence is an admission of guilt … it’s another layer of evidence that proves the guilt of the accused man,” Mr Byrne said.
He said Sica lied to police about his contact with Neelma and her family in the days preceding the deaths and tried to conceal his whereabouts when they were killed despite evidence suggesting his car was spotted near the house.
The court heard he also told the triple-zero operator he had found three bodies in the spa, but that paramedics would testify that one was well hidden under the other two.
“The accused refers to three bodies and was precise in that, giving an indication he was possessed with knowledge not easily ascertainable,” Mr Byrne said.
“These matters are all features of evidence that indicate guilt.”
Arresting officer Detective Senior Sergeant Joseph Zitney was the first crown witness to take the stand on Tuesday afternoon.
He spent several hours taking the jury through photos of the Singh house, including ones showing where police found the garden fork in the garage.
His evidence will continue on Wednesday.
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