EXCLUSIVE
The mother of an Indigenous woman accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend claimed her daughter had suffered a series of domestic violence attacks before the alleged tragedy.
Nikita Kirby, 31, was arrested near her sister’s home in Matraville, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, on Tuesday night after emergency services were called about 6.15pm.
Moments earlier, her ex-boyfriend Scott Wallace, 37, had been found allegedly suffering from stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
“It’s been a rollercoaster of domestic violence in all of our lives,” Nikita’s mother, Ruth Kirby, said outside Waverley Local Court on Thursday morning.
“And Nikita has put up with it for a long time.”
Nikita Kirby was arrested near her home in Matraville, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, on Tuesday night.
In 2021, police lodged an AVO in the NSW Local Court against Scott Wallace (pictured), to protect Ms Kirby.
Kirby said she feared her ex-lover would stab her daughter.
“I had bruises everywhere,” he said. ‘She’s a mess. We all are.
“He hit her and she had bruises all over. Does a woman deserve it or should she put up with it? She doesn’t deserve this.
“They told him not to go there and he still went.”
Kirby said the family had already suffered tragic heartbreak this year when her niece was murdered.
“These things are still happening to us,” he said. ‘We are going through a lot.
Kirby, 31, was charged with murder (domestic violence) on Wednesday and was refused bail and failed to appear at Waverley Local Court on Thursday.
She was supported by friends and family.
According to friends, the mother of one had been in an on-off relationship with Wallace, who had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse.
“It’s been a rollercoaster of domestic violence in all of our lives,” Nikita’s mother Ruth Kirby (pictured) said outside Waverley Local Court on Thursday morning.
Nikita Kirby, 31, was charged with murder (domestic violence) on Wednesday. She appears in the photo during her arrest.
As of Wednesday morning, the single-story brick house in Matraville remained a crime scene.
In 2021, police took out an AVO against Wallace to protect Kirby. That AVO lasted two years and ended in October.
On Wednesday morning, the single-storey brick house remained a crime scene with officers from Eastern Beaches Police Area Command and the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, as well as forensic police investigating. .
Residents of Murrabin Avenue told Daily Mail Australia they saw a woman running up and down the cul-de-sac after the stabbing.
“She was running down the street screaming,” one resident said.
“It’s a quiet, family-friendly street, we’re surprised this happened on our doorstep.”
A local business owner said he had seen the couple arguing outside the Matraville Hotel earlier that afternoon.
The matter was adjourned until August 6 at Downing Centre.