Maria Stallone, 42, of Fitzroy North, and her brother Dominic Natale, 44, of Irymple, in Victoria's north-west, have been charged with conspiracy and incitement to murder their father, Dominico Natale.
The prosecution told the Melbourne Magistrates Court today that the pair agreed to pay a hitman $14,000 to murder their father last Wednesday. However, the hitman was an undercover policeman and police were recording telephone conversations between the siblings, the court heard.
Detective Acting Sergeant Stephen Hill told the court the siblings wanted to murder their father for financial gain after he became the main beneficiary of two Melbourne properties that were owned by his late wife.
Det Act Sgt Hill said Stallone met the undercover policeman and it was agreed that he would kill her 82-year-old father in what would appear to be a hit-and-run car accident.
The woman's lawyer Brian Rolfe disputed this, saying it would be "absolute insanity" for her to carry this out now.
He told the court his client had worked as a secondary school teacher since graduating from university and had no previous convictions.
Magistrate Phillip Goldberg granted Stallone bail on a $50,000 surety and ordered her to report to police daily.
Natale did not apply for bail.
Both were ordered to appear before the court again in January.
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