'Weirdest ever': Court hears Van Breda 'giggling' in call for help after parent's murder

A South African court has heard the phone call former Perth schoolboy and murder accused Henri Van Breda made when he reported the deaths of his parents and brother.

The operator, Janine Philander, told the court it was “the weirdest ever” call and she initially thought it was a prank.

“Okay, what kind of injuries is there?” she asks.

"Um... family and me were attacked by a guy with an axe,” he replies.

“Unconscious huh?” she asks.

“Yes, and bleeding from the head,” he says with a giggle.

She told the court Van Breda was cool and calm, and "not what you'd expect from the situation".

The former Scotch College student is accused of murdering three members of his family and trying to kill his sister Marli in their South African home.

But he claims it was a masked intruder.

The Van Breda family moved back to South Africa in 2014 after spending seven years in Perth.