Verdict due in Sydney balcony death trial ACCUSED murderer Simon Gittany is set to find out his fate, with a Sydney judge about to rule on whether he threw his fiancee off a balcony. Justice Lucy McCallum will hand down her verdict in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after the judge-alone trial that gripped the public came to an end. Gittany pleaded not guilty to murdering his fiancee, Lisa Cecilia Harnum, by throwing her off their high-rise CBD apartment balcony on July 30, 2011. The Crown alleged Gittany, 40, threw 30-year-old Ms Harnum off the 15th floor balcony in a fit of "apoplectic" rage after she made plans to leave him and return to her native Canada. In his closing address, crown prosecutor Mark Tedeschi, QC, said Gittany had been "brutal" and "controlling" of Ms Harnum and subjected her to the "most intense surveillance" imaginable. The trial heard Gittany installed CCTV in his apartment and used a computer program to monitor Ms Harnum's text messages, emails and internet usage. Text messages showed Gittany was so jealous of other men, Ms Harnum had to look at the ground when she was outside, the court heard. Gittany admitted some of his behaviour towards Ms Harnum was controlling, but he emphatically denied he flew into a rage on the morning of her death. He told the court that after an argument that morning - in which he was captured on camera dragging a screaming Ms Harnum back into their apartment - he went to make her a cup of tea while she sat on the lounge. He said she then ran to the balcony and "disappeared" over the railing as he desperately tried to reach her. The defence claimed Ms Harnum, who suffered from bulimia, may have climbed over the balcony to escape Gittany, as a cry for attention or in a suicide bid. Gittany was previously on bail but he was taken into custody ahead of the judge's verdict. At the time, Justice McCallum emphasised this decision did not reflect her views on the evidence.