A young man says his father accused his mother of destroying the family and warned she would pay for it before her brutal murder.
Daniel Paulino, 26, was giving evidence in the trial of his father, Fernando Manuel Paulino, 55, who has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife, Teresa Paulino, 49.
![Fernando Manuel Paulino arrives at the Supreme Court in Melbourne on May 8, 2017.](/web/20170511165240im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/0/8/b/x/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gw080m.png/1494221766244.jpg)
Daniel says his father made threats to kill his mum, or himself, "at least five to 10 times", the Victorian Supreme Court heard on Monday.
"He'd say, 'your mum's done this to us, she's destroyed this family, I'm going to kill her," Daniel told jurors.
![Teresa Paulino was found dead in the garage of her parent's Reservoir home.](/web/20170511165240im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/0/8/f/7/image.related.articleLeadNarrow.300x0.gw080m.png/1494221766244.jpg)
Daniel said his father was angry about family court proceedings his mother had instigated.
He said his dad believed he would lose the family home and possibly two factories.
"He said she destroyed this family. He also said that she'll pay for this one way or another," he said.
His father also accused his mother of being in a pornographic video, and told him: ''Your slut of a mother did this."
"He said he needed to show us," Daniel said. "I told him I didn't believe it."
Daniel said his parents often argued throughout their marriage and his father believed his mother had cheated on him.
On the night of her death, Daniel and his younger brother shared dinner with their mother.
When Daniel returned to the Taylors Lakes house he and his brother shared with their dad, both TVs and the lights were on but his father wasn't there and the car was missing.
Daniel said he rang his father a number of times to see where he was but the phone rang out.
He rang family members to see if they knew where he was, before driving to his mother's house. On the way, his aunt called him to say something had happened.
Daniel said when his father returned his call later that night, he asked if everything was okay and his father's voice sounded strange.
"It sounded like he was in an adrenaline or drunken state," he said
The trial continues.
AAP