Francesco Dimasi's defence lawyer asked the court to bail him to an aged care home to free up Department for Corrections resources.Mr Dimasi is next due to appear in court later this month to continue his bail application and enter a plea.
Mr Dimasi is yet to enter a plea to a charge of murdering his wife, Maria, 85, at the Findon home they shared in December last year.Ms Johnson said the bail application was a "technicality" which "made little difference to Mr Dimasi". She said he could remain in his hospital bed, but there was some tension between the Corrections department and SA Health about Mr Dimasi's care.Magistrate John Wells said he had concerns, which had been raised in a report, about Mr Dimasi's "risk to other people in an aged care facility" if he was to be granted bail.