Carlisle - A South African man based in Australia has been denied bail over the murder of his wife, whose body was discovered in the family's backyard last week.

According to 9 news, Ahmed Dawood Seedat, 36, was charged with murder after the body of his wife, 32-year-old Fahima Yusuf, was discovered buried in a shallow grave at their home in Carlisle, Perth, last week Wednesday.

She was reportedly bludgeoned to death.

The mother of two had earlier been reported missing by her family before a police investigation led to the grim discovery, just metres away from where her children's toys were kept.

She was last seen alive on Friday, August 31, 2018.