A NSW man who was murdered, then buried in the bush was the
victim of his partner's lesbian lover, who allegedly wanted him
out of the picture so they could be together, a court has heard.
Tanya Louise Lane, 28, is on trial for the murder of 33-year-old
Steven Quire, whose decomposing remains were found in the
Watagans National Park, west of Newcastle, in March 2010.  In
the opening day of the murder trial on Monday, it was alleged
that Ms Lane shot Mr Quire in the chest or arranged for someone
else to shoot him, so that she and the deceased's long-term
partner, Renae Burns, 33, could be together.  ''Tanya Lane and
Renae Burns wanted to be together and Ms Burns' de facto was a
major obstacle to this,'' Crown prosector Christopher Maxwell,
QC, said in his opening address to the jury. ''Tanya Lane wanted
him to be out of their lives for ever.''  The court heard that
Ms Lane came to know the couple while she was in a relationship
with Mr Quire's sister.  After that relationship ended, she
regularly visited the