Sica trial hears family's 'dirty laundry' - Ninemsn

A couple went to the Gold Coast to meet other swingers in the month before their three children were murdered and dumped in a spa bath, a court has been told.

The Supreme Court in Brisbane on Monday heard some of the "dirty laundry" about the Singh family that the crown warned would be aired during the triple murder trial of Max Sica.

Sica, 41, is currently on trial for the murder of 24-year-old Neelma and her younger brother Kunal, 18, and sister Sidhi, 12.

Their bodies were found in the ensuite spa bath of their home in the outer Brisbane suburb of Bridgeman Downs on April 22, 2003.

Prosecutor Michael Byrne SC told the jury during his opening address last week that the sordid details of affairs and sexual liaisons provided some context to the complex relationships of those close to the three dead siblings.

The siblings' father, Vijay Singh, was on Monday questioned about his relationship with his wife, Shirley.

Mr Singh told the court he and his wife were swingers, and that they met like-minded men and women through a magazine.

He said he and his wife travelled to the Gold Coast for a sexual tryst in March 2003, but said they never allowed these swinging strangers in their own home.

Mr Singh told the court the liaison followed a tumultuous period in his relationship with his wife.

He admitted he had been having an affair with a woman in Fiji, Karun Singh, but that this had soured in January.

Under cross-examination by defence barrister Sam Di Carlo, Mr Singh said that Karun was jealous and possessive.

He said his wife often received phone calls from an unidentified person who would boast about the relationship between Karun and Mr Singh.

Mr Singh agreed it was likely Karun had paid someone in Fiji a "few dollars" to make the calls on her behalf.

"She wanted you. She was desperate to push Shirley and your family away and have you for herself," Mr Di Carlo said.

Mr Singh said he told Karun he would never leave his family for her but that he had never been threatened by anybody while he was in Fiji.

The trial continues.

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