Jason Michael Spina, 39, is on trial in the Queensland Supreme Court for the murder of Haley Elizabeth Mauree Allison, 26.
Spina, who pleaded not guilty on Tuesday morning, sat in the dock, listening to proceedings using a special hearing aid device.
Police found Ms Allison's body on December 19, 2009, at her parents' home at Caboolture, north of Brisbane.
Prosecutor Glen Cash told the jury that Spina and Ms Allison were married in 2007 but separated in October 2009.
The pair had an argument while alone on a Friday night at Ms Allison's parents' home, where she was living after they had split up, the jury heard.Mr Cash said Spina made a triple-zero call early the next morning, requesting paramedics to treat burns he had suffered.He had burns to his torso, face and arms.
Spina admitted to the operator he had stabbed his wife "a little bit" and claimed she had poured petrol over him and set him on fire, Mr Cash said.
He said forensic evidence would show signs Ms Allison was already dead when her body was set on fire with lawn mower fuel in the laundry next to her parents' garage.
Ms Allison's body had bruises around her neck and 10 stab wounds, some of which were so deep they penetrated to her back, he said.Her torso, chest, stomach and left hand were burnt, the jury heard.
The jury were shown graphic photographs of Ms Allison's body following the "horrendous violence".
The crown would argue Spina tried to burn the body and a black ute in the garage to destroy evidence.
Spina described the circumstances of his wife's death as "revenge" to police officers who interviewed him in hospital, the jury was told.
Mr Cash described Spina and Ms Allison's union as a "rocky relationship" with "more than the usual ups and downs".
Police found half-completed domestic violence protection documents in Ms Allison's bedroom at her parent's home after her death.
Stephen Allison, the victim's father, cried while giving evidence on Tuesday afternoon.
As Mr Allison and his wife Shelley had left in their four-wheel drive for a weekend away, their daughter had farewelled them at the gate."I said: `Love, can you check the brake light?' That was the last time I saw her," he said.
The victim's mother, Shelley Allison, told the court she had attended a domestic violence counselling session with her daughter in early December.
"She told me she wanted to divorce him," she said"It was gradually getting worse."
The trial in front of Justice Peter Applegarth continues on Wednesday.
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