<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A woman has described getting rides to work and dance lessons from </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/murder-jason-palmer-lakemba-man-charged/f35ba0f5-88ac-44b4-b189-5c4214d282e9" rel="" target="" title="her ex-husband's alleged murderer"><span>her ex-husband's alleged murderer</span></a><span> on the weekend her former spouse vanished.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/jealous-partner-gofal-baziad-not-guilty-of-jason-palmers-murder-court-told/b8226b85-52a5-482f-8a69-031d7a38ec33" rel="" target="" title="Renny Palmer"><span>Renny Palmer</span></a><span> was the subject of affection from both her husband Jason Palmer and his romantic rival </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/jealous-partner-gofal-baziad-not-guilty-of-jason-palmers-murder-court-told/b8226b85-52a5-482f-8a69-031d7a38ec33" rel="" target="" title="Gofal Baziad"><span>Gofal Baziad</span></a><span> before the love triangle turned deadly, a NSW Supreme Court jury has heard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two days after allegedly killing his friend Mr Palmer, Baziad tried to calm down the woman he perceived as his "girlfriend" over the phone, jurors were told today.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-home-invasion-stabbing-carrara/d128377d-7ca6-493b-bfa0-dcdcb0ffd540"><strong><span>Queensland man stabbed eight times in pre-dawn home invasion</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He said 'well perhaps Jason had gone to a nightclub and might have been drunk and slept at a friend's place'," Ms Palmer testified using a Bahasa interpreter.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mr Palmer suddenly disappeared on February 6, 2004.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The two men had been seen chatting and smoking on the balcony of Ms Palmer's home in Sydney's south-west before leaving together late that night.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-love-triangle-murder-nsw-new-south-wales-crime-news/1eb8cc81-1615-4814-bace-5f38d50e2f30" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 54-year-old has pleaded not guilty to murdering his romantic rival in a fit of jealousy in the hours following.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ms Palmer testified Baziad had been late collecting her for work the day after the alleged murder.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She felt unwell on the drive and asked to turn back.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Baziad also said he was sick and the pair decided to go back to their respective homes, the jury heard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/booking-dot-com-data-breach-customers-private-travel-details-obtained-unauthorised-third-party/8fa8ee03-ea94-4bcd-83eb-73239c4e1560"><strong><span>Aussies' private travel details accessed by 'unauthorised parties'</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>That afternoon, he picked up Ms Palmer and took her to dance training at the Indonesian consulate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She tried, unsuccessfully, to call and text her ex-husband.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two days after he vanished, she went with Baziad to Mr Palmer's rental apartment, the jury heard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While there, she noticed the interior of his home was messy, as if no one had slept there.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ms Palmer separated from her then ex-husband in 2002 after he had an affair, she earlier told the court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, she reconciled with him in December 2003 after being asked to choose between the two men.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I still loved Jason," she told the jury.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Despite her decision, Baziad still thought of himself as her boyfriend, she testified.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He compared her relationship with Mr Palmer to glass.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Even if it was put together again then it would still be broken," he reportedly said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ms Palmer testified that Baziad told her he had to clean and move out of his unit the day after her husband disappeared.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When asked why he had to move, he said there was a problem with the real estate, the jury heard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mr Palmer's body was found concealed in a sleeping bag and weighed down with rocks in the Nepean River in Sydney's west 23 days after he vanished.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The trial continues.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div 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