Matthew Brian Ramsay told police he ‘just wanted to scare’ Dover Heights’ resident Helen Coulston

High-flying real estate agent explains the reason WHY he allegedly stabbed his best mate’s wife in the chest in crime that rocked one of Australia’s wealthiest suburbs

  • One-time real estate agent Matthew Brian Ramsay allegedly stabbed mate’s wife
  • Ramsay, 46, told police that he ‘just wanted to scare’ Helen Coulston, court hears
  • Mrs Coulston was allegedly attacked answering door of her $4.5million home 
  • Ramsay is accused of plunging a 20cm knife into her chest that day, August 8 

Pictured: Matthew Brian Ramsay, who allegedly stabbed Helen Coulston, the wife of his one-time best friend

A man accused of stabbing his best friend´s wife in the chest will be released from custody after a court heard he ‘didn’t mean to hurt her, he just wanted to scare her’.

Matthew Brian Ramsay, 46, appeared with a shaven head via audiovisual link in Waverley Local Court on Friday after being charged with causing a wound or grievous bodily harm with intent to murder.

Police allege Mr Ramsay stabbed Helen Coulston in the chest after she answered the door of her $4.5m home in Dover Heights on August 8.

He allegedly plunged a 20cm knife into the chest of the mother-of-two in broad daylight while her husband and children were out of the house.

The court heard he said ‘Hi Helen, I’m really sorry’ before he caused the 4cm puncture wound very close to her heart.

He swung the knife at her again but missed stabbing her a second time, the court was told. Ms Coulston managed to open the front door a fierce struggle ensued.

Ms Coulston’s screams alerted a nearby tradie to the ordeal on Monday afternoon, and he rushed over to help. 

The tradesman said he was able to distract Mr Ramsay so Ms Coulston could wrestle the knife away from her alleged attacker and throw it onto the grass.

Helen Coulston was alleged stabbed in the chest at her Dover Heights home. Ramsay allegedly told police he 'just wanted to scare her'

Helen Coulston was alleged stabbed in the chest at her Dover Heights home. Ramsay allegedly told police he ‘just wanted to scare her’

Pictured: Matthew Ramsay (second man from the left) when he was best man at Helen and Walt Couston's wedding

Pictured: Matthew Ramsay (second man from the left) when he was best man at Helen and Walt Couston’s wedding

Ms Coulston was allegedly covered in blood and had her arm in a sling when she was wheeled out in an ambulance.

Mr Ramsay was arrested a short time later at the traffic lights on Campbell Parade in Bondi Beach. Footage from the arrest appears to show an officer pointing a gun at the 46-year-old while yelling at him to ‘get down on the ground’.

Mr Ramsay told police he hadn’t intended to wound Ms Coulston.

‘I didn’t mean to hurt her, I just wanted to scare her,’ the court heard he said.

The court heard the father-of-one has been struggling with ‘significant mental health issues’ for years, with numerous past stays in rehabilitation.

Mrs Coulston was allegedly stabbed when she answered the front door of her cliffside Dover Heights home (pictured)

Mrs Coulston was allegedly stabbed when she answered the front door of her cliffside Dover Heights home (pictured)

Magistrate Ross Hudson determined to release the former real estate agent into the care of a strict residential rehabilitation facility in Port Stephens where he would ‘effectively be under house arrest’.

Mr Ramsay will remain at the facility for at least six months. 

He is likely to interact with another well-known inhabitant, former TV personality Andrew O’Keefe, who has resided at the centre for months.

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