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"I went to the laundry and got a power saw and dismembered her body, because I was initially just going to dispose of the body, but I was fearful of being seen taking the body out of the unit.''
Richardson said he started on Ms Grant's feet and "worked my way up'', cutting pieces that would fit into garbage bags.
His barrister Graham Turnbull SC asked if he could still "see'' what he had done.
"I see it every day, several times a day. That image is instilled in my mind,'' he said.
Mr Turnbull asked if Richardson had killed Ms Grant to stop her going to court.
"No, she never had any intention of going to court,'' he replied.
Ms Grant had asked his forgiveness for making false claims and had told him she would not go to court and the charge would be dismissed, he said.
Richardson said he had never struck Ms Grant, but agreed he had tied cable ties around her wrists and ankles - at her request - on the night of the alleged assault.
Ms Grant had been drinking, had taken tablets and told him she wanted to be with her murdered twin sister, he said.
Richardson said Ms Grant had told him her sister was murdered in Brisbane in 1991, that she'd had cable ties around her hands, wire around her body, her head had been half severed and from the waist down she had been burned.
''(Ms Grant) wanted me to kill her in a similar way to the way her sister was murdered,'' he said.
Richardson said he tied the cable ties around her ankles and wrists because he was concerned about the neighbours and her yelling.
"It seemed to calm her down,'' he said, adding that he later unclipped the ties and they went to sleep.
