Charlise Mutten’s mother admits she stole two guns during a home invasion before her fiancé allegedly murdered her daughter
- Kallista Mutten involved in a break-in where guns and ammunition were stolen
- Fiancé, Justin Stein, charged over alleged incident but has not entered a plea
- Stein, 31, has also been charged over murder of Kallista Mutten’s daughter, nine
- Charlise Mutten’s body found in a barrel with a single gun shot wound in January
Pictured: Charlise Mutten, who was found dead in January
Charlise Mutten’s mother has pleaded guilty to stealing two guns and ammunition during a home invasion – just months before her fiancé allegedly shot and killed her nine-year-old.
Kallista Mutten’s boyfriend Justin Stein, 31, allegedly murdered the schoolgirl on his family’s multi million-dollar property in Mount Wilson, west of Sydney, on January 11.
He then allegedly stuffed her body in a barrel and dumped Charlise’s remains by the Colo River.
Stein has been charged with murder, but continues to maintain his innocence.
During investigations into Charlise’s death on February 3 this year, detectives found two firearms and ammunition in bushland near where the schoolgirl disappeared.
Following forensic examination, police determined the items were allegedly stolen from a Mount Wilson property, known as Sylvan Close, on August 22 last year.
Kallista Mutten (pictured) pleaded guilty to stealing two guns and ammunition during a home invasion
Justin Stein (pictured) was also charged with aggravated break and enter of a Mount Wilson property
Stein was charged in May with two counts of possess an unauthorised firearm, two of possessing an unregistered firearm and possessing ammunition without a licence. He is yet to enter a plea.
Mutten, 39, was charged with accompanying Stein during the alleged break-in. Along with the rifles and ammunition, police allege the pair also stole a large amount of silver cutlery and tableware – collectively worth under $60,000.
It is not suggested that Kallista Mutten was involved in Charlise’s death.
Mutten’s lawyer, Bet Turgut, told Katoomba Local Court on Monday that her client was unable to appear in person because she is in a rehabilitation centre.
She pleaded guilty to charged of break and enter a dwelling in company and steal to a value not exceeding $60,000.
Mutten will be sentenced at Campbelltown Local Court in October.
Charlise, who lived with her maternal grandparents, had been holidaying with her mother and Stein at his family’s luxury Blue Mountains wedding venue over the Christmas holiday season.
Police allege Kallista Mutten committed an aggravated burglary on a nearby Mount Wilson property with her then fiance Justin Stein, five months before he allegedly murdered her daughter Charlise
Pictured: Wildenstein – the property owned by Justin Stein’s family, where Charlise Mutten went missing
Mutten reported her daughter missing in January, sparking a widespread search for the nine-year-old – before her body was found.
According to police, the schoolgirl was alone in the care of Stein on the night she was allegedly murdered.
Her mother was at the caravan park, a 90-minute drive away, from the Stein’s Wildenstein estate.
Police allege Stein shot and killed the girl on January 11, placed her body in a barrel in the back of his red ute and dumped it 65km away on the Colo River.
His case will return to court at a later date.