“My ex is trying to kill me”: NSW murder trial begins as 89-second triple zero call is played in court

“My ex-boyfriend is here and he’s trying to kill me”.

These were the first alleged words spoken by 34-year-old Tatiana Dokhotaru in a desperate triple zero call for help moments before her former partner is accused of throwing her phone off her balcony and murdering her.

In that 89-second call, played to the jury as the NSW Supreme Court murder trial began against 28-year-old Danny Zayat on Monday, Dokhotaru is allegedly heard telling emergency services Zayat was stealing her money and bashing her.

In his opening remarks, Crown Prosecutor Alex Morris said the jury will hear evidence that Zayat “took the mobile phone from her, ended the phone call and shortly after threw her phone over the balcony … with her phone never to be found again”. He said CCTV footage will show her phone flying