Prasad Somawansa was 'murdered over lost Myki card', court documents reveal

48-year-old Prasad Somawansa, resident of Hoppers Crossing in Melbourne, was allegedly killed by her son's friend in February 2015.

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48-year-old Prasad Somawansa, resident of Hoppers Crossing in Melbourne, was allegedly killed by a 22-year-old man Steve Baea, while she was home alone in February 2015.

Steve Baea has been her son, Wishhasad’s friend in primary school, ABC reported.

Now court documents have revealed that Steve allegedly killed his friend’s mother over a lost public transport travel card.

ABC wrote that he confessed his crime to the police. He told them that on that fateful day, he had gone to Prasad’s house to look for his Myki card.

Prasad refused to let him in.  

"I told her I wanted to get my Myki card and then she ... told me to piss off," he told police.

"I got angry and I stabbed her, then I went up to get my Myki card but it wasn't there."

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At the time of stabbing, Prasad was on phone with her husband, a truck driver, who was in Brisbane for work, the report states.

Court documents say Prasad’s husband heard her last moments over the phone.

"I could hear my wife speaking but not to me," he told police.

"I heard her saying; 'you go out, you go out, you go out' ... she sounded scared as she said this.

"I heard her yelling ... and then making loud deep breathing noises before the phone was cut off."

Mr Somawansa's attempt to connect with his wife failed as no one answered when he called her back.

He asked a friend to go over to the house to check on his wife who found her dead in the lounge room.

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STEVE AND WISHHASAD HAD CONNECTED AFTER NINE YEARS

Steve Baea and Wishhasad Somawansa had been together in primary school. They however had lost touch until re-connecting just a month before the murder.

They were hanging out together on the night of Ms Somawansa's murder.

Wishhasad, who is a volunteer with the State Emergency Service was called to work that night. Before reporting to work, he dropped Baea at a nearby shopping centre.

But Baea returned to the house in search of his Myki card, ABC wrote.

Wishhasad has reportedly told police that Baea was a ‘pretty nice but seemed violent’ and that he did not trust him to stay at his home.

Baea will appear in the Victorian Supreme Court on Friday.