Asked why Charlise’s mother would do that, Stein said Kallista Mutten was “three days deep into the ice bender”.
Annemie Stein said she “just can’t work out the barrel”.
Her son replied that it was Kallista Mutten’s “doing” and his partner had put it on the back of his Holden Colorado utility.
Justin Stein allegedly drove his red ute across Sydney with the body of Charlise Mutten in a barrel in the tray.Credit: NSW Police
“I’m literally at Bunnings and I get a phone call, and she says ‘no, you’ve got Charlise with you’,” he said, according to the call.
“I was driving around with a f-—ing kid on the back of my ute.”
The court heard Stein told his mother he had “panicked”.
In another call, he said Kallista Mutten was “going to get charged for everything, that’s the truth”.
“They can’t even pin me for murder,” he said.
In the calls, Stein said Kallista Mutten had “paranoia” and recalled her taking apart a suitcase handle thinking it was bugged.
He said he didn’t want contact with his partner, adding, “I want to cut her f—ing head off”.
‘I ran back, and she shot her again’
The court also heard on Tuesday from two prison guards who spoke with Stein after he was charged.
One female officer said, on January 19, 2022, she had asked Stein, “Did you do it?” and he said, “No.”
She said Stein told her, “Her mum shot her twice”.
“Her mum was on ice all week, I heard a shot, then I heard her screaming out for me, then I ran back, and she shot her again,” Stein said, according to the prison guard.
“I keep having flashbacks. I’m not going down for this, I didn’t do it, I’m stuck here with these charges … I’m not going down for that b-—h”.
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She said Stein said he had been “trying to tell people this for days and no one will listen” and thanked her for letting him “vent”. The jury has previously heard Stein was interviewed twice by police on January 14, the day Charlise was reported missing by her mother.
A male prison officer said he spoke with Stein on January 20, and the accused said he was looking forward to “clearing my name at court”.
“I saw her mum shoot her, and I keep replaying it in my head,” Stein said, according to the guard.
The court heard the male guard told Stein he might serve jail time if he was involved, and Stein replied that he accepted that, but “I don’t understand why I’m charged with murder.”
He said Stein, on a number of occasions, said: “I wasn’t the one.”
Accused killer’s fingerprint found on gun
The court heard police spoke with Stein’s mother on February 17, 2022, during which she was shown photographs of two firearms that had been excavated from a Mount Wilson fire trail.
The officer-in-charge of the investigation, Detective Sergeant Bradley Gardiner, said police were able to identify the two firearms as those stolen by Stein and Kallista Mutten from a Mount Wilson home in August 2021 due to descriptions and serial numbers provided.
He said Annemie Stein said she had not seen the guns and was informed they had been forensically examined and her son’s fingerprint was identified on the BSA .22 calibre bolt-action rifle.
The trial continues before Justice Helen Wilson.