Police say secret recordings link the so-called Surfers Paradise "love rat" Gable Tostee to the cold-blooded death of the New Zealand woman who plunged 14 floors to her death from a highrise balcony earlier this month
A 1986 murder case where a woman fell to her death while climbing out a sixth floor window to flee her violent boyfriend is being examined by police investigating Gold Coast playboy Gable Tostee.
Kelly Healey was in the shower when her boyfriend broke down the bathroom door, grabbed her throat and punched her in the face.
Terrified and in fear of her life, Ms Healey is thought to have climbed out the window and fallen 21m to her death.
Her boyfriend, 33-year-old tattooist Kim William Royall, was found guilty of her murder – not because he necessarily threw her, but because she fell trying to escape him.
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Gold Coast man Gable Tostee has been remanded in custody until October after being charged with murder.
Police sources have confirmed they are assessing whether the unrelated trial may be applicable in their case against Tostee for the alleged murder of New Zealand tourist Warriena "Rrie" Tagpuno Wright.
Ms Wright died during the early hours of August 8 after falling 14 floors from the balcony of Tostee's highrise apartment.
Police will allege Ms Wright was "in fear of her life" when she climbed over the balcony and fell in an effort to escape Tostee.
The pair connected that day on dating app Tinder before meeting in Cavill Mall and returning to Tostee's apartment.
Police say neighbours heard a woman scream "no, no, no" and "I just want to go home" shortly before she fell. It will be alleged Ms Wright tried to climb to the balcony below in a bid to escape him.
In the case of Royall, the High Court of Australia in 1991 upheld the Sydney tattooist's murder conviction, finding it did not matter if Ms Healey's death was caused "in a way which (Royall) did not precisely foresee".
Warriena Tagpuno Wright. Picture: Supplied
"If the deceased died because she jumped or was forced out of the window as a result of the ferocity of the applicant's attack, the culpability of (Royall) is the same even though he only intended to attack her in the bathroom and cause her grievous body harm – which is the version of the case most favourable to him,'' the court found.
"In NSW, death as a result of an act done with the intention to inflict grievous bodily harm is murder. It is immaterial that the death was caused in a way which the applicant did not precisely foresee." According to court documents, Royall and Ms Healey's relationship had been particularly volatile in the days preceding her death.
She had been staying with a friend before returning home on November 15, 1986. Royall arrived home a few hours later and the pair began arguing.
The terrified 22-year-old was naked and still wet from her shower when she went out the window to her death.
Tostee indicated he will defend the murder charge and he is expected to apply for bail in the Supreme Court in the next few weeks.
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