Man accused of murdering pregnant partner Kirralee Paepaerei in Sydney home refused bail
A man accused of murdering his heavily pregnant partner during a domestic violence incident at their western Sydney home has been refused bail.
Joshua Homann, 38, was charged with murder after the body of his de facto partner Kirralee Paepaerei, 37, was found in their Mt Druitt townhouse shortly after midnight on Tuesday.
The mother of four was seven months pregnant with her fifth child when she died of extensive wounds to her face and chest.
Her unborn baby girl did not survive.
A relative found Ms Paepaerei's body in an upstairs room in the Chester Street house and called police.
Shortly afterwards, Homann drove himself to Mt Druitt police station where he was taken into custody.
He was admitted to Nepean hospital under police guard and released back to investigators yesterday afternoon.
Homann was not required to appear when his case was heard briefly today.
His solicitor told the court Homann would not make an application for bail and it was formally refused.
Homann will remain behind bars until his case returns to court next week.
'Kirralee was counting down the weeks to have baby Mia'
Family and friends of Ms Paepaerei, who was also known by her maiden name Dugo, were at Mt Druitt Local Court this morning.
Outside the court, Ms Paepaerei's sisters, Kylie and Tammy Dugo, read out an emotional statement on behalf of their mother.
"My beautiful daughter Kirralee was sadly taken from us way too soon," Kylie Dugo said.
"Kirralee was excited and counting down the weeks to finally have her baby girl Mia.
"My four grandsons have lost their mother, my family has lost a sister, a niece, a granddaughter, and most of all we lost our daughter.
"Kirralee was our beautiful, loving daughter who was always there, lending a hand when needed."
The family requested privacy to grieve the loss of Ms Paepaerei.
"We will miss her extremely so please let us grieve in peace and give our children and our family the privacy we need to grieve for Kirralee and Mia," she said.
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