Lawyers for a man accused of murdering his wife on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula last year have told an Adelaide court they intend to submit an application asserting there is "no case to answer".
Antony Ogar, 59, who is accused of murdering 37-year-old Cherry Gerente Ogar at their Port Hughes home last July, appeared briefly in the Adelaide Magistrates Court today.
Ms Ogar died from head injuries which the court had previously heard were some of the worst paramedics had ever seen.
Magistrate Simon Smart told the court the "no case to answer" application had not yet been submitted, but Mr Ogar's lawyer said that would happen shortly.
Magistrate Smart gave the defence until Monday, when Mr Ogar is set to return to court.
Mr Ogar was released on bail in January after his lawyer, Martin Anders, told the court the "decorated member of the Australian Defence Force" should be granted home-detention bail because he was acting in self-defence.
"[Ms Ogar] was drunk, she fell, he assisted her into bed, he then contacts triple-0, he accompanies her to the Wallaroo Hospital and indeed he's sitting in the waiting room when he was arrested," Mr Anders told the court in January.
"That's the extent of it."
But in opposing his bail in January, prosecutors told the court Mr Ogar had a history of domestic violence and posed a risk to the community.
"It is evident in no less than 14 statements from civilians that the defendant has an uncontrolled anger problem," prosecutor Kirby Draper told the court in January.
"[There is] severe verbal abuse … he's going to Service SA, he's gone to the bottle shop, the landlord.
"We also have a statement from a previous partner whereby there is severe domestic violence."
But none of those allegations had resulted in police action, the court heard in January.
