<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man who denies killing his former partner during a violent argument was heard wailing incomprehensibly as he tried to resuscitate her the next day.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Danny Zayat, 30, had been in a volatile relationship with 34-year-old Tatiana Dokhotaru before she was found dead in her south-west Sydney apartment on a Saturday in May 2023.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Zayat is accused of murdering her the previous night after a physically violent and verbally abusive argument heard by neighbours on the 22nd floor of the Liverpool complex.</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><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-mum-and-newborn-survived-flash-flood-eugowra-nsw-central-west/12c616f1-9b78-4672-85a7-9f170b2066f0" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'Terrifying': Woman tells how she saved daughter, newborn from flash flood</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two phone calls the concreter made to triple zero the day after the alleged murder were played to his NSW Supreme Court jury trial today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>During the calls, he can be heard at times wailing and speaking incoherently as the operator gave directions on how to administer CPR.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She's not breathing, she's got blood coming out of her nose," he said during the call.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/danny-zayat-wailed-to-triple-zero-after-allegedly-killing-ex-partner-tatiana-dokhotaru-court-hears/d4e02e68-8617-4e45-b870-2fdb672afbf4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It looks like she's been dead for a while."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police officers and paramedics arrived to find him crying and pleading for someone to help his ex-partner as she lay on the floor of her apartment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Paramedics attempted to revive her but she was pronounced dead at the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Before calling triple zero, Zayat was heard by neighbours running up and down the corridor outside calling for help.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Leo Nguyen lived in the apartment opposite and told the jury that he heard a male shouting and banging on the apartment doors outside.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It just sounded like someone was in the hallway just crying, distressed," he said from the witness box.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/brittany-higgins-faces-bankruptcy-action-by-former-senator-linda-reynolds/b01b9214-1249-4ddd-90e8-86ac42e2e55b" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Brittany Higgins faces bankruptcy action by former senator Linda Reynolds</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Zayat told police that Dokhotaru wanted to kill herself about a week before she was found dead in the apartment on May 23.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On police body-worn footage, he was seen asking police to check his phone for video footage taken on May 21.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He claimed the 34-year-old was drunk, tripped over and injured herself on that day before expressing thoughts of suicide.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I took a video of it just for my own sake," he told officers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dokhotaru's next-door neighbours, Saska Simic and Husam Alsadi, told the court they heard expletives and thuds from the woman's unit on the night of the alleged murder.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Alsadi also described muffled voices broken up by a male yelling "you f------ slut" and a woman yelling "get out, get out".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It sounded like it was very guttural," he said of the male's voice.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/health/australia-medicinal-cannabis-mark-butler-health/696f1a8d-01fa-4b20-8ded-8b645bda2bbc" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Experts sound alarm over medicinal cannabis in letter to health minister</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The neighbour went to his front door to check on the corridor and the neighbouring apartment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When he stepped outside, the noises died down, the jury heard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The couple then went out to their balcony but didn't see or hear anything further.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prosecutors allege Zayat had a tendency of violent, abusive behaviour to Dokhotaru which eventually turned deadly.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They have said </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/tatiana-dokhotaru-danny-zayat-liverpool-sydney/e38351cf-c410-417b-a323-b42a3e4e34af" rel="" target="_blank" title="he ended a 89-second triple-zero call she made on the night she was killed"><span>he ended a 89-second triple-zero call she made on the night she was killed</span></a><span> after she provided the street address to her apartment, and then threw the phone off the high-rise balcony.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Yes, hi. My ex-boyfriend's here and he's trying to kill me," she had earlier told the operator.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An autopsy showed that Dokhotaru died from a brain injury caused by blunt force head trauma.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/gus-lamont-missing-updates-fresh-search-ramping-up-taskforce-formed-to-find-four-year-old-south-australia/1e426852-f1cb-4c7f-a945-14890e4285b4" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>New taskforce formed as ADF joins fresh search for missing Gus</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Zayat has pleaded not guilty to murder and denies being violent towards his former partner or having anything to do with her death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also faces an alternative charge of manslaughter.</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 class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Support is available from the</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>at</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.1800respect.org.au/" title="https://www.1800respect.org.au/"><strong><span>1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Readers seeking support can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or beyond blue on 1300 22 4636.</span></strong></div></div>