Woman accused of killing former lover's fiancee A woman accused of stabbing her former lover's fiancee to death was refused bail by a Sydney Court on Thursday. Manisha Patel, 30, allegedly stabbed Purvi Joshi, 28, a number of times in the stomach before leaving her for dead in a southern Sydney unit last month. The accused suffered a stab wound to her stomach two days later, which police believe may have been self-inflicted. She underwent surgery at Westmead Hospital and was later released. Police said Ms Joshi's fiance found his partner suffering from stab wounds in their Bestic Street unit at Kyeemagh about 7am on July 30. He called triple-0 but she was later pronounced dead, police said. Ms Patel allegedly stabbed Ms Joshi sometime between 11pm on July 29 and 7am on July 30, court documents reveal. Detectives working on the case told Fairfax Media they believed Ms Patel had a prior relationship with Ms Joshi's fiancee. It is not known how long the pair had been seeing each other. The accused appeared briefly before Fairfield Local Court on Thursday charged with one count of murder. She looked around the court room several times, wearing rectangular, white glasses. Dressed in a black duffle coat, she spoke briefly to her lawyer from the docks after her hearing was adjourned. Bail was not applied for but was formally refused by Magistrate James Coombs. Ms Patel's court appearance came after her arrest on Wednesday night at Girraween in Sydney's west. She was handcuffed at a Gilba Road unit and taken to Merrylands police station where she was charged. Ms Patel is expected to face Central Local Court in October.