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Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Daughter speaks about 'false' claim she murdered father - Yahoo News Australia

Sipping her final cup of barista-made coffee, a woman claims being hit with "false" allegations she viciously attacked and murdered her father.

Catherine Baradi, 37, spoke to AAP outside Burwood Local Court on Wednesday moments before her bail was revoked for the alleged assault and murder of her father Charlie Baradi more than a year ago.

"They're charging me with false allegations, making hearsay," she said after going to buy coffee during the court's lunch break.

Baradi has been accused of kicking her father at his Padstow home in southwest Sydney on October 26, 2024, knocking him to the ground, and stomping on his head and neck.

She had her charges upgraded to murder after prosecutors received a post-mortem report for Mr Baradi, who had his life support turned off in December 2024.

But the 65-year-old man had titanium plates inserted into his spine after an accident in 2010, the accused killer said.

Baradi claimed that as an injured woman, she didn't have the physical capacity to harm her father.

She also said she had evidence to prove she was not at the location of the alleged murder.

"The medical system killed my dad, not I," she told AAP.

While originally out on bail, a successful detention application saw the tearful 37-year-old handcuffed and escorted off by sheriffs on Wednesday.

In bringing the detention application, prosecutor Shelley Charles said that the serious charge of murder meant bail should be revoked.

Defence barrister Nicholas Baltinos urged the court...



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