A man facing trial for helping his former lover strangle a woman during a sexual encounter, told the court his former flame had a 'twisted desire to kill' and that he had only dug the victim's crude grave. Micheal John Duffy, 34, pleaded not guilty to murdering Colleen Deborah Ayers, 33, whose decomposed body was uncovered in a shallow grave on her parent's 25-acre Lakesland property, located near Picton, south west of Sydney. In the opening statements of Duffy's trial Crown prosecutor Elizabeth Wilkins SC told the jury, that while his former partner, Rachel Evans, had initiated the violent act, Duffy had willingly joined in.Man accused of helping former lover kill woman during a sexual encounterMicheal John Duffy pleaded not guilty to murdering Colleen Deborah AyersThe court heard he strangled Ms Ayers, 33, with 'ringleader' Rachel EvansHe said his co-accused Evans was the one with a 'twisted desire to kill'Duffy reportedly buried Ms Ayers in shallow grave on her parents propertyEvans pleaded guilty to murder and is set to receive a reduced sentence for giving evidence in Duffy's continuing trial
'It was at that stage that the accused _ intervened and also started strangling her,' she said.