Murder charge against Victorian woman dropped after claims she killed husband in her sleep Supreme court case discontinued after Ilknur Caliskan, 47, underwent sleep study and her lawyers flagged parasomnia defence.
A woman charged over the death of her husband will no longer face a murder trial after prosecutors dropped the case against her following a sleep study.
A key issue in the case for prosecutors was whether Caliskan was suffering from a sleep disorder and therefore not acting in a conscious and voluntary state, a pre-trial hearing in November was told.
Caliskan was due to face trial in the Victorian supreme court in March but prosecutors on Tuesday told the court the case against her had been discontinued.
Caliskan was released on bail in April 2024 so she could undergo a sleep study in Sydney, and prosecutors received the expert report in November.
