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A Melbourne woman blasted her ex's home with a shotgun, claiming she was teaching him a lesson for a history of assault and abuse. Lisa Wyka, 34, and her partner at the time Dean Gardiner, 33, went to the St Albans home on June 23 last year with a shotgun and a rifle to scare the victim, shooting at the same time a pizza delivery driver arrived. In a phone conversation between the pair, Wyka was heard saying she wanted to shoot the victim - her former lover of five years - in the head, mutilate his body and that she hoped the police were listening, the County Court heard on Monday. "I honestly don't understand what kind of God would make a person need this kind of strength," she said in the call. Hundreds of texts were allegedly exchanged between Wyka and the victim, in which she described "30 years of anger and rage and pain inside me" and that she was "going down in flames". On the night of the attack, the victim and two of his friends ordered pizza to the St Albans home, with the delivery driver present when Wyka and Gardiner arrived to teach Wyka's ex "a lesson". The pizza delivery driver was unhurt, but thought "it was the end of his life". A 37-year-old man was hospitalised with non-life threatening injuries. Wyka and Gardiner were later arrested. Defence barrister Bob Galbally told the court Wyka's ex-partner had made "her life unbearable, in so many ways" and that he had since written to her, threatening "bloodshed" unless she ended her new relationship. One of Wyka's friends also told the court Wyka had recounted how she'd been threatened, isolated and raped by her ex-partner. "She's absolutely terrified of him, she's still terrified," the woman said. "She was just pushed to the limit." But crown prosecutor Hayley Bate said there hadn't been any calls or reports to police, charges laid or interviews in respect to Wyka's allegations. "The Crown just does not simply accept there is this history," she said. The pair pleaded guilty on Monday to trespass with intent to assault while carrying firearms and recklessly placing four men in danger of death. Wyka also pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis and Gardiner admitted retaining stolen goods. Both will be sentenced on February 28. 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Australian Associated Press

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