A QUEENSLAND man accused of murdering his wife was afraid she would kill him with a kitchen fork so he pushed her, causing her to fall onto tiles and die, a court has heard.
Klaus Andres, 70, has pleaded guilty to interfering with Li Ping Cao's corpse by dissolving her body in a wheelie bin of acid, but says her death was an accident.
On Tuesday, Andres told the Supreme Court the pair had argued about sex, money and their relationship in the kitchen of their Cairns home on October 30, 2011.
He says Ms Cao, 42, was screaming and that she scratched his face and then stabbed his hand twice with a fork.
Principal Crown Prosecutor Nigel Rees asked Andres if he feared for his life.
"Definitely, yes," Andres said.
"A person or Li Ping could kill me with a fork if she got the right position."
He later added: "I protected myself".
Andres says he pushed his wife on the chest with one hand and she fell to the ground and died suddenly.
He went to dial 000 but didn't make the call as he thought he would be blamed for her death.
"... in my opinion there is nothing that could be done (to revive Ms Cao)," he said.
In the days that followed he put her body in a wheelie bin, dissolved her body in acid and poured the remains down a storm drain.
Only Ms Cao's prosthetic teeth were found by investigators.
Andres admits lying to police, his family and Ms Cao's friends to cover up her death, but says he didn't mean to kill her.
Mr Rees told the court Andres murdered his wife because it would cost him a lot of money to divorce her.
"I never attacked Li Ping in the whole five years and I never assaulted her," Andres said.
He also denied an accusation that he suffocated his wife.
Andres says Ms Cao wouldn't be entitled to his assets as they had been transferred to a family trust.
Specialist forensic pathologist Professor Johan Duflou told the court there are a number of circumstances in which a person can die suddenly after a fall or blow, but it is rare.
He says it's possible wounds on Andres' hand visible after Ms Cao's death were caused by a fork.
"To me it's a possibility, but there's nothing there that specifically says fork to me."
The trial continues.
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