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Accused Claremont killer kept 'stories'
The man accused of the Claremont serial murders had "stories of interest" on his electronic devices, the Perth court that will hear his epic trial has heard.

Rebecca Le May
Australian Associated PressDECEMBER 18, 20184:37PM

"Stories of interest" were found on electronic devices in the house of the man accused of the Claremont serial killings, who faces a nine-month trial from mid-2019..

Bradley Robert Edwards, 50, has pleaded not guilty to eight charges against him including the murders of 23-year-old Jane Rimmer, 27-year-old Ciara Glennon and Sarah Spiers, 18, in 1996 and 1997.

Edwards is also accused of attacking an 18-year-old woman in her Huntingdale home in 1988 and raping a 17-year-old girl in Karrakatta in 1995.

The former Little Athletics coach appeared in the West Australian Supreme Court on Tuesday via video link from Hakea prison, where he has been held since his arrest in December 2016.

Justice Stephen Hall ruled Edwards would stand trial from July 22, rather than in May as previously flagged, to allow the legal teams more time to prepare.

Justice Hall will be sitting without a jury and not take a break until it is complete.

"Once started, it would continue until finished," he said.

"We would just work through."

Prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo said many electronic devices were seized from Edwards' house and contained four or five "stories of interest" he had either authored or downloaded.

Defence counsel Paul Yovich said he needed to know the dates when the stories were said to have been created, downloaded or accessed with as much accuracy as possible.

He indicated he might object to the admissibility of the material.

Mr Yovich is also planning a severance application, which if successful, could see two charges heard separately.

Ms Barbagallo said lengthy records documenting "every aspect of his working existence" with Telstra, including personal leave and the vehicles Edwards used for his job, were being gathered.

His medical records are also being obtained, as are statements from 20 taxi drivers who worked during a certain date range.

Statements of manufacturers' specifications are even being obtained from Holden as he drove a Commodore.

Reports are being prepared on fibre and hair analyses by expert witnesses, with tens of thousands of pages so far collated.

The bodies of Ms Rimmer, a childcare worker, and Ms Glennon, a lawyer, were discovered in bushland weeks after they were killed, but the body of Ms Spiers, a secretary, has never been found.

 

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January 31, 2019 12:48PM
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Prosecutors have ordered further tests on a car they say was driven by the alleged Claremont serial killer, as well tests on the clothes worn by one of his alleged victims when she went missing.

Further details of the case prosecutors are building against Bradley Robert Edwards, 51, emerged when he appeared in the Supreme Court today by videolink from Hakea Prison.

Mr Edwards is due to face a nine-month trial in July over the alleged murders of Ciara Glennon, Jane Rimmer and Sarah Spiers in the mid-1990s.

Prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo told the court additional work was being carried out by the ChemCentre ahead of the trial.


She said the “very consuming work” involved the examination and further analysis of the fibres from the car Mr Edwards was allegedly driving when Ms Glennon went missing and from the clothes she was wearing on the night.

Ms Barbagallo said disclosure of the DNA evidence in the case was almost complete.

She said some of the witnesses she expected to call were in ill health, indicating she was likely to make an application for some evidence to be pre-recorded.

The court was told defence lawyer Paul Yovich would call DNA, fibre, computer and post-mortem experts during the trial.

Mr Yovich wants two of Mr Edward’s charges heard separately and the State is hoping to include propensity evidence against the accused in the trial.

Propensity evidence is evidence not linked directly to the allegedly crimes but which might show relevant past conduct.

Both sides will present their arguments at a directions hearing next month.

Mr Yovich told the court he would likely make an application for the February hearing to be suppressed in full or in part.

At an earlier court hearing, Ms Barbagallo revealed Mr Edwards had allegedly written or downloaded stories that she hoped to use to help prove he was guilty.

Computers allegedly containing the “stories of interest” were seized during an early-morning raid at Mr Edwards’ Kewdale house in December 2016.

The former telecommunications worker and Little Athletics volunteer has also been charged over two separate sex attacks on teenagers in 1988 and 1995.

Justice Stephen Hall said he had put steps in place to have the trial heard in the biggest court room in the District Court building on Hay Street in Perth.

Mr Edwards was remanded in custody to appear in court in February. He will appear in person at the next hearing.

 

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Further forensic testing will be carried out on the car the accused Claremont serial killer was driving at the time victim Ciara Glennon disappeared.

Bradley Robert Edwards has pleaded not guilty to the murders of Sarah Spiers, 18, Jane Rimmer, 23, and Ciara Glennon, 27, in 1996 and 1997.


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DNA key to accused Claremont serial killer's trial as date set for 2019
The state is also awaiting a DNA report by Cell Mark for Y-STR profiling.

The testing is sometimes used to examine sexual assault evidence, identify the paternal lineage of male perpetrators, and exclude male suspects from involvement in a crime.

Defence lawyer Paul Yovich indicated during the hearing that most of the DNA material available in the more than 20-year-old case had been exhausted through testing.

He said he may, however, require any fibre samples - which can be re-examined - to be reviewed by an international expert, separate to the prosecution's expert.


Both parties agreed they remained on track to go to trial on July 22.

The lengthy case, which is expected to take up to nine months and to be heard by a judge-alone trial, includes more than 1.5 million pages of evidence and about 2500 witness statements.

Family members of some of the victims were in court on Thursday, while Mr Edwards appeared via video link from prison.

He spoke only to confirm his name.


Preparations are being made for the families of the victims to be accommodated in a separate court room to watch the July trial via video link.

Mr Edwards' family may also be accommodated to watch the trial unfold from a nearby room, as will the media, due to the high public interest in the case.

Mr Edwards will next appear in court on February 14 for a directions hearing to argue the admissibility of some of the state's propensity and computer-based evidence.

Mr Yovich indicated he will make an application for the hearing to be suppressed.

Mr Edwards, a former Little Athletics volunteer, was arrested by WA Police at his Kewdale home in December 2016 and is expected to remain in custody until the completion of the trial.


The judge-alone trial will be heard and decided by Justice Hall.

The bodies of Ms Rimmer, a childcare worker, and Ms Glennon, a lawyer, were discovered in bushland weeks after they were killed, but the body of Ms Spiers, a secretary, has never been found.

All three women were last seen in the Claremont entertainment strip in Perth's affluent western suburbs after a night out.

 

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Articles from today: all much the same:

Claremont serial killer prosecutors call for new analysis of fibres found in car

RELATED STORY: Claremont serial killer case to focus on 'stories of interest' found on computers
RELATED STORY: Trial of alleged Claremont serial killer the latest in string of high-profile cases for respected judge
RELATED STORY: Accused Claremont serial killer Bradley Edwards pleads not guilty to murders
Prosecutors are seeking further analysis of fibres from the car alleged to have been driven by accused Claremont serial killer Bradley Edwards as well as the clothing worn by Ciara Glennon when she vanished almost 22 years ago.

Key points:

• Bradley Edwards is accused of murdering three women in Claremont in the 1990s
• Mr Edwards is facing a nine month judge-alone trial starting in July
• His defence is considering applying for early hearings to be suppressed

The details emerged at a case management hearing for Mr Edwards, who is charged with the murders of Ms Glennon, 18-year-old Sarah Spiers, and 23-year-old Jane Rimmer, who vanished from the Claremont entertainment strip in 1996 and 1997.

He is also accused of attacks on two other women — one in 1988, when he is alleged to have broken into an 18-year-old woman's Huntingdale home, and the other in 1995, when he is accused of abducting a 17-year-old girl from Claremont and sexually assaulting her.

Mr Edwards, 51, has denied all the charges and is set to face a nine-month judge-alone trial starting on July 22.

The Claremont serial killings

Three young Perth women disappeared in the mid-1990s. Two decades later, a man faces court.


Today prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo SC said while most of the evidence in the case had been disclosed to the defence lawyers, further tests had been ordered on fibres taken from the car alleged to have been driven by Mr Edwards at the time Ms Glennon disappeared.

She said that would be done in conjunction with more testing of the clothing that was being worn by Ms Glennon when she died, a process which she described as "time consuming".

Ms Barbagallo said disclosure of the DNA evidence in the case was almost complete, while two reports were awaiting a signature before being provided to the defence team.

Defence lawyer calls for suppression
Mr Edwards's lawyer, Paul Yovich SC, said the defence would be retaining its own DNA and fibre experts to give evidence, potentially along with experts on computer downloads and post-mortem examinations.

A directions hearing is scheduled to take place next month dealing with propensity evidence that prosecutors want to present at Mr Edwards' trial.

PHOTO: Sarah Spiers, Ciara Glennon, and Jane Rimmer disappeared from Claremont between 1996 and 1997. (ABC News)


No details have been revealed, but propensity evidence is evidence that is not directly related to the alleged crimes, but might show past conduct relevant to the case.

The directions hearing is also expected to deal with an application by Mr Edwards for two of the charges he is facing to be heard separately, although these charges have not been specified.

Mr Yovich said it was "likely" he would be applying for either the entire directions hearing, or parts of it, to be suppressed from publication.

Pre-recorded evidence a possibility
Justice Stephen Hall, who is presiding over the trial, said he was trying to make arrangements for it to be heard in a large courtroom in the WA District Court building.

He said that would mean there was plenty of room for the lawyers involved and allow for the families of the alleged victims to have access to the jury room, which was not needed in this trial because it would be by judge alone.

PHOTO: Justice Stephen Hall said the case will likely be heard in a large courtroom to allow plenty of room. (Supplied)


Ms Barbagallo also flagged the possible pre-recording of some of the evidence ahead of the trial, saying some of the witnesses were "in poor health" and prosecutors were in the process of analysing "the circumstances surrounding" them.

At the end of proceedings Mr Edwards, who appeared via video link from Hakea Prison, was remanded in custody until he is due to appear in person at the directions hearing.

 

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Ms Barbagallo said disclosure of the DNA evidence in the case was almost complete.

She said some of the witnesses she expected to call were in ill health, indicating she was likely to make an application for some evidence to be pre-recorded.
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Mr Yovich wants two of Mr Edward’s charges heard separately and the State is hoping to include propensity evidence against the accused in the trial.

Propensity evidence is evidence not linked directly to the allegedly crimes but which might show relevant past conduct.
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Justice Stephen Hall said he had put steps in place to have the trial heard in the biggest court room in the District Court building on Hay Street in Perth.

 

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Prosecutors in Claremont serial killings case to reveal key evidence against Bradley Edwards

The man accused of the Claremont serial killings is due in the Supreme Court today Thursday 14 February 2019 for a directions hearing at which key pre-trial issues are expected to be argued.

It is the first time the public will get an insight into the argument prosecutors are planning to mount that Bradley Robert Edwards is the killer who has eluded police for more than two decades.

Mr Edwards, 50, is accused of murdering Sarah Spiers, Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon, who all disappeared from the Claremont entertainment strip in 1996 and 1997.

He is also accused of attacks on two other women in 1988 and 1995, and has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.

Mr Edwards is due to face a nine-month judge-alone trial starting in July.

Prosecutors are expected to argue at today's hearing that what is called "propensity evidence" should be included as part of the case against him.


Propensity evidence is that which is not directly related to the alleged crimes, but might show past conduct relevant to the case.

Suppression bid withdrawn

Defence lawyers are opposing the application by prosecutors.

The defence team had flagged it would be seeking to suppress publication of all, or parts of, the hearing, but that application was withdrawn last week.

The directions hearing, which is scheduled to run for two or three days, is also expected to deal with Mr Edwards's application for two of the charges against him to be dealt with at a separate trial.

Mr Edwards is expected to be brought into court from Hakea Prison for the hearing.

That would be a contrast to most of his other court appearances, where he has appeared via video link from Hakea, where he has been held since his arrest three day before Christmas in 2016.

Prosecutors flag 'stories of interest'

© Facebook: KLAC Bradley Robert Edwards is due to face a nine-month judge-alone trial starting in July. It was revealed at a hearing in December last year that prosecutors wanted to lead evidence about "stories of interest" they argued were either "downloaded or authored" by Mr Edwards as part of their case against him.

The material was allegedly found when police analysed various electronic devices seized from Mr Edwards after his arrest at his Kewdale home.

State prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo SC said at the time that "one or two of the stories" had already been disclosed to the defence.

But she said there were another "four or five" that were "of some interest" to prosecutors that would be provided at a later date.

Mr Edwards's lawyer, Paul Yovich SC, foreshadowed at the time they would object to the admissibility of the material, saying, in particular, the defence wanted to know "the dates within which this material is said to have been created or accessed".

The December hearing was told DNA and fibre evidence would also form a key part of the case against Mr Edwards.

Three deaths within 15 months

It has been more than 22 years since 18-year-old Ms Spiers vanished in the early hours of the morning on January 27, 1996, after a night out in Claremont.

She has never been found.

Five months later, Ms Rimmer, 23, disappeared from the same area. Her body was found almost a month later at Wellard, south of Perth.

Ciara Glennon then vanished in March 1997, also after a night out in Claremont.

Her body was found about two weeks later in bushland at Eglington, north of Perth.

Mr Edwards is also accused of attacking a woman in her own home in 1988 and of abducting and raping a 17-year-old girl in February 1995, less than a year before Ms Spiers disappeared.

 

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Claremont Serial Killings
Claremont serial killings: Accused Bradley Robert Edwards in court for pre-trial hearing
Kate CampbellPerthNow
February 14, 2019 2:00AM
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The first significant insight into the case against the man accused of being the Claremont serial killer is expected to be revealed in the WA Supreme Court today.

It’s the first day of a scheduled three-day directions hearing to decide the admissibility of “propensity” evidence that the prosecution wants to present against Bradley Robert Edwards at his trial, which is five months away from starting.

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Propensity evidence is material not directly related to the alleged crimes, but which could point to past conduct or the accused’s character. It can only be used if it is deemed to have significant probative value to the case.


Prosecutors have also previously told the court they want to include in evidence “stories of interest” that Mr Edwards allegedly wrote or downloaded that were found on computers or electronic devices seized by police when they arrested him. Mr Edwards’ defence have already flagged they will object to prosecutors being able to lead selective material from the computers.

Mr Edwards, 50, is charged with three counts of wilful murder, two counts each of aggravated sexual penetration without consent and deprivation of liberty and one count of break and enter into dwelling with intent.

He has pleaded not guilty to all eight charges levelled against him, including three counts that allege he wilfully murdered Sarah Spiers, Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon, who all went missing in eerily similar circumstances from Claremont’s entertainment hotspot in 1996 and 1997, triggering a case that has haunted and gripped WA for the past 23 years. Only Ms Spiers’ body has never been found.

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Camera IconThe Continental Hotel in Claremont on Saturday night after Ciara Glennon went missing.Picture: Barry Baker
The trial, which is due to begin on July 22 and is listed to run for nine months, is set to be the longest and biggest murder trial in WA history.

The former telecommunications worker and little athletics volunteer is also accused of two separate sex attacks on teenage girls in 1988 and 1995.

The trial will be heard before a judge alone, without a jury. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Hall – who has presided over recent high-profile murders trials including those involving thrill killers Jemma Lilley and Trudi Lenon convicted of the sadistic slaying of autistic teenager Aaron Pajich-Sweetman, and Ernie Fisher who murdered his son Matthew Fisher-Turner and then left his two other children to bury their brother in the backyard while he watched the AFL Grand Final – has been appointed to decide Mr Edwards’ fate.

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Camera IconPolice hunt for clues after the discovery Jane Rimmer’s body in Wellard in August 1996.
The other key trial figures are prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo, the state’s deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, and Mr Edwards’ defence lawyer, experienced barrister Paul Yovich.

Mr Edwards has been in custody for more than two years, since police arrested him at his Kewdale home three days before Christmas in 2016.

During previous court appearances, brief glimpses into the state’s case against Mr Edwards have been discussed, including that it involves DNA and fibre evidence, forensic testing of the car prosecutors say he was driving around the relevant time and information from Mr Edwards’ former employer Telstra about his movements and access to work cars at relevant times.

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Camera IconDetectives search for any clues at the crime scene where the body of Ciara Glennon was found in 1997.Picture: Neil Eliot
The prosecution told the court in March last year they were trawling through more than 1.5 million pages of evidence.

The directions hearing is scheduled to run until Monday.

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Camera IconBillboards of Sarah Spiers were placed throughout Perth following her disappearance.
TIMELINE

February 15, 1988: An intruder breaks into a home in Huntingdale and tries to rape an 18-year-old woman.

February 12, 1995: A 17-year-old girl is abducted after leaving Club Bayview in Claremont and taken to Karrakatta Cemetery where she is tied up and sexually assaulted.

January 27, 1996: Secretary Sarah Spiers, 18, vanishes after a night out in Claremont. She was at Club Bay view with friends before leaving on her own to get a taxi home. She calls for a cab from a nearby phone booth but when the taxi arrives just minutes later she is nowhere to be seen. Her body has never been found.

June 9, 1996: 23-year-old childcare worker Jane Rimmer vanishes after being last seen outside the Continental Hotel in Claremont.

June 10, 1996: WA Police set up the Macro taskforce amid the belief that the disappearances of Sarah Spiers and Jane Rimmer are connected. Macro will turn out to be Australia’s longest running and most expensive murder investigations.

August 3, 1996: Jane Rimmer’s body is found in bush in Wellard, south of Perth. A mother and her children picking flowers beside a riding school made the grim discovery.

March 15, 1997: Lawyer Ciara Glennon, 27, disappears. She too had been drinking at the Continental Hotel in Claremont and is last seen on Stirling Highway.

April 3, 1997: Ciara Glennon’s body is discovered in bush at Eglinton, north of Perth. The WA Government later offers a $250,000 rewarded for information.

August 28, 2008: Police release grainy, previously unseen CCTV footage of Jane Rimmer outside the Continental Hotel just minutes before she disappeared speaking with an unknown man. Police stress the man is not a person of interest nor a suspect.

October 16, 2015: A suburban newspaper reports that police have discovered a link between Ciara Glennon’s murder and the 1995 rape of a teenager at Karrakatta.

December 22, 2016: Police arrest Bradley Robert Edwards in an early morning raid at his home in Kewdale.

December 23, 2016: Bradley Edwards is charged with the wilful murders of Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon, as well as the earlier Karrakatta and Huntingdale sex attacks.

February 22, 2018: Police charge Bradley Edwards with the wilful murder of Sarah Spiers.

September 28, 2018: Bradley Edwards formally pleads not guilty to all charges against him – those related to the Claremont serial killings as well as the 1995 Karrakatta abduction and rape and 1988 Huntingdale home invasion and sex attack.

July 22, 2019: The trial of Bradley Edwards is due to start and run for nine months.

 

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Claremont serial killings: pre-trial hearing adjourned over prison call, six-hour police interview
Kate CampbellPerthNow
February 14, 2019 11:02AM
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A “very graphic” pornographic movie is one piece of evidence that prosecutors want included in the trial against the accused Claremont serial killer.

Prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo recommended that Justice Stephen Hall watch the movie, called Forced Entry, because there were “no words capable” of describing the graphic nature of its content.

“What’s depicted, what’s done and how it impacts on some of the matters (to be decided by Justice Hall),” Ms Barbagallo said.

“We’re not talking about *advertiser censored* that is beige or vanilla, we’re talking about *advertiser censored* that is extreme.”


Ms Barbagallo made reference to BDSM (bondage, discipline, dominance and submission) material.

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Camera IconCiara Glennon, Jane Rimmer and Sarah Spiers.
Mr Edwards’ defence lawyer Paul Yovich did not believe Justice Hall needed to watch the *advertiser censored* movie, believing it could be adequately described in words, but the judge said he would view it and direct himself to disregard anything he considered unnecessary or irrelevant.

The prosecution asked for the adjournment of the pre-trial directions hearing to give Justice Hall time to consider additional evidence needed when considering the legal arguments. These included 20 additional statements, a prison call and Mr Edwards’ six-hour interview with police. Prosecutors recommended the judge watch Mr Edwards' interview in full, but the defence claimed reading a 173-page transcripts of relevant information extracted would be sufficient.

The defence agreed to the adjournment saying he did not want to deal with new matters "on the run".

Justice Hall said when the directions hearing started on Monday he wanted the “propensity evidence” to be discussed first. He described some of the contentious issues as “Huntingdale prowler evidence”, “women’s clothing evidence”, “Hollywood Hospital evidence”, “Telstra living witness evidence” and the “*advertiser censored* evidence” relating to stories, searches and downloads.

Other matters to be debated about whether they should be admissible, in full or part, include whether the Huntingdale sex attack charges be heard separately to the murder and Karrakatta rape charges.

All parties have conceded that the murder counts and Karrakatta rape charges should be heard together.

Mr Edwards appeared in the dock wearing a blue pinstripe shirt and tie, and wearing glasses. He was unruffled when a middle-aged woman from the upstairs public gallery started hurling insults at him as soon as he sat down in the dock, prompting security to throw her out of the courtroom.

“You’re a dog Edwards, evil, Satan, burn in hell,” the woman yelled.

Ciara Glennon’s father Denis was among those in the public gallery today, as well as former Macro lead detective Paul Ferguson.

 

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The accused Claremont serial killer allegedly accessed “extreme” BDSM *advertiser censored*, which state prosecutors argue should form part of the evidence during his trial.

Bradley Robert Edwards has pleaded not guilty to the murders of Sarah Spiers, 18, Jane Rimmer, 23, and Ciara Glennon, 27, in 1996 and 1997.


Bradley Robert Edwards was a Little Athletics volunteer

The 50-year-old has also denied raping a 17-year-old girl in Karrakatta Cemetery in 1995 and attacking an 18-year-old woman in her Huntingdale home in 1988.

Mr Edwards, who usually appears via video link from Hakea Prison, made a rare appearance in person for a directions hearing in the Supreme Court of Western Australia on Thursday.

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As he sat in the dock, a member in the public gallery yelled, “Edwards burn in hell with Satan, you’re a dog” before she was escorted away by security.

Mr Edwards raised his eyebrows as the woman shouted, but did not turn to face her.

During the hearing, details of the proposed evidence which will be argued on the basis of admissibility before trial was revealed.

No words are capable of describing what you will see in that material.

State prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo SC
It includes propensity evidence, evidence relating to women’s clothing, evidence from Hollywood Hospital and a Telstra witness, as well as *advertiser censored*.


State prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo SC requested Judge Stephen Hall watch the *advertiser censored* evidence, as a description of the vision was not adequate.

“So far as the movie is concerned, Forced Entry, when one views that movie ... that movie, it’s very graphic ... what is done and how it is done which we say impacts on what your Honour has to determine,” she said.

“No words are capable of describing what you will see in that material.

“We’re talking about *advertiser censored* that is extreme.”

Defence lawyer Paul Yovich will argue the *advertiser censored* evidence is inadmissible.


Despite Mr Yovich also arguing Justice Hall did not need to view the material to decide if it was admissible, the judge indicated he would do so.

The judge will also watch all of, or parts of, a six-hour police video interview with Mr Edwards.

A three-day directions hearing, due to start Thursday, has been postponed until Monday due to some factual evidence still being in dispute between the two parties.

The hearing was also delayed as the state prosecution provided new evidence relating to a new witness and a prison call to the defence on Wednesday.


Ciara Glennon, Sarah Spiers, and Jane Rimmer.


Family members of the victims and detectives were in court for the hearing.

Mr Edwards, a former Little Athletics volunteer, is due to face trial in July.

He was arrested by WA Police at his Kewdale home in December 2016 and is expected to remain in custody until the completion of the trial, which will take around eight months.

The bodies of Ms Rimmer, a childcare worker, and Ms Glennon, a lawyer, were discovered in bushland weeks after they were killed, but the body of Ms Spiers, a secretary, has never been found.

All three women were last seen in the Claremont entertainment strip in Perth's western suburbs after a night out.

 

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Accused Claremont killer told to 'burn in hell' as hearing considers 'extreme' *advertiser censored*

Accused Claremont serial killer Bradley Edwards called 'evil dog' during court hearing
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PHOTO: Bradley Edwards took part in a six-hour recorded video interview with police, the court heard. (Facebook)
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A hearing for the accused Claremont serial killer has started in sensational circumstances with a woman yelling "evil dog" at him and details emerging of "extreme" pornographyprosecutors want to present as evidence against him.

Key points:

• The woman was removed from court by security after shouting at Bradley Edwards
• Justice Stephen Hall later agreed to view pornographic material raised by prosecutors
• It was also revealed police recorded a six-hour video interview with Mr Edwards

Bradley Robert Edwards, 50, is due to face a judge-alone trial in July accused of murdering Sarah Spiers, Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon, who all vanished from the Claremont entertainment strip in 1996 and 1997.

The directions hearing in the Supreme Court today was expected to see lawyers debate key pre-trial issues, including whether "propensity evidence" should be included as part of the case against Mr Edwards.

PHOTO: (L-R) Sarah Spiers, Ciara Glennon and Jane Rimmer were last seen while out in Claremont. (Fairfax Media)


Instead, it began with a woman in the public gallery shouting abuse at him.

"Edwards evil dog. Burn in hell with Satan. You're a dog Edwards, a dog," the woman said.

The woman was removed from the Supreme Court by security, before state prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo requested Justice Stephen Hall to adjourn the directions hearing until Monday.

'No words' for *advertiser censored* material: prosecutor
Ms Barbagallo also revealed she wanted Justice Hall to view a video and a movie of *advertiser censored* and BDSM which she was going to argue was relevant to the hearing.

PHOTO: Prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo SC said a "a prison call" should also be considered in evidence. (ABC News: Hugh Sando)


She said "no words were capable of describing what is able to be seen" in the material, saying it was "not beige or vanilla".

"'We're talking about *advertiser censored* that is extreme. There is no description I can give … that adequately reflects what's in the material," Ms Barbagallo said.

"What's depicted in there as to what is done, and how it's done … we say impacts on what Your Honour has to determine."

Defence barrister Paul Yovich SC opposed the submission, but Justice Hall decided he would view the material.

He acknowledged while there was an "inherent risk" in him seeing it because he was the trial judge, he would direct himself to disregard the material if he ruled it was inadmissible.

PHOTO: Justice Stephen Hall will preside over the judge-only trial of Mr Edwards. (Supplied)


It was also revealed in court Mr Edwards had taken part in a six-hour video recorded interview with police, which Ms Barbagallo also submitted should be viewed by Justice Hall.

Ms Barbagallo said there was also "a prison call" which was part of recent material, as well as 20 other witness statements.

Other potential categories of evidence brought up at the hearing included "the Huntingdale Prowler", "women's clothing", "Hollywood hospital" and "Telstra living witness".

No further details were given.

Mr Edwards, who appeared in court wearing a blue shirt and tie and black trousers, was again remanded in custody until the hearing resumes on Monday.

Witnesses barred from hearing
Mr Yovich did not oppose the application for the hearing to be adjourned, saying the defence team did not want to have to deal with matters "on the run".

He said he wanted to know "the factual grounds" of what prosecutors wanted to lead as evidence at the start, rather than part way through the hearing.

The court also heard the defence had taken issue "with some of the factual assertions" prosecutors had wanted to make at the directions hearing.

Mr Yovich requested an order that some witnesses, who are expected to be called at the trial in July, not be allowed in the court for the pretrial hearing.

He said there was a potential for their recollections to be affected if they were allowed to hear what was going to be said.

Justice Hall made the order, although exceptions were made for the families of Ms Spiers, Ms Rimmer and Ms Glennon.

Accused denies all charges
Mr Edwards is also facing charges of attacking an 18-year-old woman in her own home in February 1988, and of abducting and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl at Karrakatta Cemetery in February 1995.

PHOTO: Mr Edwards was arrested at his Kewdale home three days before Christmas in 2016. (Facebook: KLAC)


The Karrakatta incident allegedly occurred 11 months before the disappearance of 18-year-old Ms Spiers, whose body has never been found.

Ms Rimmer's body was discovered at Wellard south of Perth two months after she vanished in June 1996, while Ms Glennon's body was found at Eglington, north of the city, about three weeks after she disappeared in March 1997.

Mr Edwards denies all the allegations against him.

State prosecutors want the trial to consider "propensity evidence" — that which is not directly related to the alleged crimes, but might show past conduct relevant to the case.

The directions hearing, which is scheduled to run for three days, was also expected to deal with the defence team's application for two of the charges against Mr Edwards to be dealt with at a separate trial.

The climax of a marathon investigation
The nine-month trial will be the culmination of one of Australia's longest running and most expensive murder investigations.

The Claremont serial killings

Three young Perth women disappeared in the mid-1990s. Two decades later, a man faces court.


The inquiry included the setting up of a special police taskforce known as Macro, which was established on June 10, 1996, just days after Ms Rimmer's disappearance.

Over the course of the past 22 years, the taskforce has involved hundreds of officers and investigated thousands of people.

Mr Edwards was arrested at his Kewdale home three days before Christmas in 2016 before being charged with the murders of Ms Rimmer and Ms Glennon, as well as the alleged attacks in 1988 and 1995.

He was subsequently charged with Ms Spiers's murder in February, 2018.

Mr Edwards formally pleaded not guilty in July last year to all nine charges against him.

 

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Extreme *advertiser censored* part of WA serial killer case
Evidence including a graphic movie and a six-hour police interview will be examined by a WA judge presiding over the Claremont serial killings case.


Australian Associated PressFEBRUARY 14, 20193:17PM

Extreme pornographic material and a six-hour police interview with the accused Claremont serial killer are among the evidence a West Australian Supreme Court judge will examine ahead of the trial.

Bradley Robert Edwards, 50, will stand trial before a judge sitting without a jury for an estimated nine months starting on July 22 over the murders of Ciara Glennon, 27, Jane Rimmer, 23, and 18-year-old Sarah Spiers.

At a directions hearing on Thursday, aimed at examining the admissibility of some evidence for the trial, Edwards sat in the dock wearing a business shirt and tie, speaking only to confirm his name.

A woman in the public gallery was immediately thrown out after she shouted: "Edwards, evil dog! Burn in hell with Satan! You're a dog, Edwards, a dog! Evil Satan, burn in hell!"

The hearing was scheduled to run for three days but instead lasted less than one hour after prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo requested an adjournment so Justice Stephen Hall could examine more evidence.

"There's significant amount of evidence to get your head around," Ms Barbagallo said.

Among the evidence is the police interview, which includes a 173-page transcript, and 20 statements of various lengths.

Ms Barbagallo also referred to a prison call, a movie called Forced Entry, which she described as "very graphic" and BDSM *advertiser censored*.

"There is no words in our submissions that are capable of describing what is seen," Ms Barbagallo said.

"We are not talking about *advertiser censored* that is beige or vanilla, we are talking about *advertiser censored* that is extreme."

Defence counsel Paul Yovich suggested Justice Hall did not need to view the material to determine whether it was admissible but the judge said he would examine it.

The hearing was adjourned until Monday and could run for another three days.

Ms Spiers was the first of the Claremont victims to vanish in January 1996, while Ms Glennon was the third in March 1997 following a night out.

The bodies of Ms Rimmer, a childcare worker, and Ms Glennon, a lawyer, were discovered in bushland weeks after they were killed, but the body of Ms Spiers, a secretary, has never been found.

Edwards, a former Telstra worker and Little Athletics coach, is also accused of attacking an 18-year-old woman in her Huntingdale home in 1988 and raping a 17-year-old girl in Karrakatta in 1995.

 

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Claremont serial killings: Bradley Robert Edwards makes rare in-person appearance in court
Shannon HamptonThe West Australian
Thursday, 14 February 2019 5:15PM

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Hall has been urged to watch graphic and “extreme” pornographic evidence ahead of the trial of the accused Claremont serial killer.
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• *advertiser censored*, prison calls and police interviews

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But the 40-minute hearing started in sensational fashion, with Mr Edwards, bespectacled and smartly dressed in a pale blue shirt, only sat in the dock for a moment before a woman began screaming abuse from the public gallery.

“Edwards, evil dog. Burn in hell with Satan,” she screamed before she was grabbed by a security guard and thrown out of the court.

There was no visible reaction from the 50-year-old.

And he did not appear to flinch once during the rest of the hearing, including when previously unheard details about graphic and “extreme” *advertiser censored* and videos were revealed in court.

Mr Edwards is accused of murdering Sarah Spiers, Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon, who all disappeared from the streets of Claremont in the mid-1990s.

But prosecutors say his crimes started years earlier – allegedly breaking into a home in Huntingdale in 1988 and depriving a woman of her liberty – a charge that the court was previously told “encompassed” an alleged indecent assault.

Then, in February 1995, less than a year before Ms Spiers – the first Claremont victim – disappeared – he is accused of abducting and raping a 17-year-old girl in Karrakatta Cemetery.

Mr Edwards’ trial, set down for July, is due to be the longest, biggest and most complex trial in WA legal history.

Today was supposed to be the start of a three-day pre-trial hearing where prosecutors were going to argue to Justice Stephen Hall about why they should be allowed to include propensity evidence in their case against him.

Propensity evidence involves similar facts or acts to those than an accused is on trial for but has not been charged with, and can go to the accused conduct or character.

Prominent figures in the pre-trial hearing over the alleged murders arrived at the Supreme Court.


Prominent figures in the pre-trial hearing over the alleged murders arrived at the Supreme Court.
It was revealed today that Mr Edwards’ defence team took issue with some of the “factual statements” the prosecution had made.

Prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo requested more time to put together a schedule of new evidence, relevant for Justice Hall to determine the questions of admissibility.

The hearing was told that evidence included 20 witness statements, a six-hour police interview and graphic and “extreme” *advertiser censored*, including a film called “Forced Entry”.

Mr Edwards’ lawyer Paul Yovich argued Justice Hall could rely on a written description of the footage and did not need to watch the material. But Ms Barbagallo said there were “no words capable of describing anywhere near what is able to be seen in that movie”.

“Your honour needs to appreciate what it is that we are relying on,” she said.

“We are talking about *advertiser censored* that is extreme. There is no description that we can give … that can adequately reflect what’s in that material.”

In the end, Justice Hall agreed to view the material. He said he would direct himself to disregard anything at the trial, which he will hear without a jury, that was eventually ruled as inadmissible.

Justice Hall told the court there were eight categories of evidence that he would need to consider, describing them as “Huntingdale prowler offences”, “Huntingdale offences”, “women’s clothing evidence”, “Hollywood Hospital evidence”, “the Telstra living witness”, “Karrakatta offences”, the “three murder charges” and “*advertiser censored*-related offences”.

Mr Yovich asked for witnesses to be out of the court at next week’s pre-trial hearing, saying there was potential their recollections could be affected by what was said.

Justice Hall agreed to the submission, with the exception of the families of Ms Rimmer, Ms Spiers and Ms Glennon.

Next week’s hearing is also due to deal with a “severance” application by Mr Yovich, who will argue that two of Mr Edwards’ charges should be heard separately from the others.

Mr Edwards has been in custody at Hakea prison since he was charged after a dramatic early-morning raid at his Kewdale house in December 2016.

 

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Claremont serial killings: Footy past of accused Bradley Robert Edwards

For a few years he enmeshed himself in the social fabric of Central Crocs FC at Lightning Park in Noranda.

He liked a beer, though he was referred to as one of the team’s “quiet ones” in a club newsletter. Teammates gave him the nickname “Shorts”.

In between playing weekend games of footy, Mr Edwards was also heavily involved in the world of Little Athletics, being a long-time volunteer with both Belmont and Kewdale clubs.

The prosecution team will be trying to convince Justice Hall that the *advertiser censored* and Hollywood Hospital evidence are relevant to all eight charges, while the women’s clothing and Huntingdale prowler evidence, as well as the alleged Huntingdale home invasion, are relevant to the murder and Karrakatta rape counts, and the Telstra witness and Karrakatta rape are also relevant to the Huntingdale break-in.

... graphic 2002 *advertiser censored* movie titled Forced Entry ...
“There are no words capable of describing anywhere near what is able to be seen in that movie,” she said. “Your Honour needs to see what it is we are relying on.”

 

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Claremont serial killings: accused Bradley Robert Edwards injured in prison
Jim Kelly | Staff reportersPerthNow
February 18, 2019 10:06AM
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The man accused of the Claremont serial killings has been injured in prison.

Bradley Robert Edwards, 50, was due to appear in the Supreme Court today for the start of a three-day pre-trial hearing into what evidence should be included in the case.

But before the matter began Justice Stephen Hall told the courtroom the matter would be adjourned until he can find out more information.

It is understood Mr Edwards was found this morning with ear injuries in a shower block in prison. The incident - and how he received those injuries - is under investigation.

MORE:

• Footy past of Claremont accused
• Judge to watch *advertiser censored* in Claremont case

Mr Edwards has been charged with the murders of Sarah Spiers, 18, Jane Rimmer, 23, Ciara Glennon, 27. All three women were abducted off the streets of Claremont between 1996 and 1997.

The 50-year-old is also accused of depriving a woman of her liberty after breaking into her Huntingdale home in February 1988. He has also pleaded not guilty to the abduction and rape of a 17-year-old girl in Karrakatta Cemetery in February 1995 – less than a year before Ms Spiers disappeared.

More to come.

 

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Claremont serial killings: Footy past of accused Bradley Robert Edwards
John Flint and Kate CampbellPerthNow
February 17, 2019 12:00AM
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WA News
Sundays for Bradley Robert Edwards a decade ago were spent kicking a footy about on Perth suburban ovals with a bunch of mates.

Like lots of men who play over-35s football, the man accused of the Claremont serial killings did more than just turn up for games and then go home.

For a few years he enmeshed himself in the social fabric of Central Crocs FC at Lightning Park in Noranda.

All over Perth, whether Aussie rules or soccer, football clubs are social hubs in their communities. Clubrooms are places for players and their families to mingle for a few hours, with more beers sunk than goals scored. The older the players, the bigger the bar takings.


Bradley Robert Edwards socialising with teammates and wearing his “Soft Croc” award cap.
At the Crocs, it was no different. Mr Edwards, who helped build and maintain the club’s website, engaged in the after-game banter and club rituals like wearing boxer shorts for the the last game of the year. Mr Edwards wore a flashy gold pair.

He liked a beer, though he was referred to as one of the team’s “quiet ones” in a club newsletter. Teammates gave him the nickname “Shorts”.

A keen West Coast Eagles fan who posted comments on the club’s Facebook page up until a few days before his arrest on December 22, 2016, Mr Edwards would have been a handy player with his big frame.

In one of the club’s newsletters he was teased, like other players, for on-field and off-field shenanigans. Recipients of the Soft Croc Award have to wear a croc cap.

In between playing weekend games of footy, Mr Edwards was also heavily involved in the world of Little Athletics, being a long-time volunteer with both Belmont and Kewdale clubs. He was made a life member of the Belmont club.

For some years Bradley Robert Edwards was part of the social fabric of Central Crocs FC.Picture: Pic sourced from Croc Central Newsletter
Mr Edwards, 50, will be back in the Supreme Court tomorrow for a pre-trial directions hearing at which lead prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo will try to persuade Justice Stephen Hall to make a range of material admissible under propensity rules. This can include “other evidence of the conduct of the accused person” which they are not criminally charged with.

Justice Hall is scheduled to hear arguments from Ms Barbagallo and defence lawyer Paul Yovich over three days this week. During a 45-minute hearing, prior to adjournment last Thursday, Ms Barbagallo foreshadowed some of the propensity evidence she wants to be part of the prosecution’s case.

It includes graphic extreme *advertiser censored* that Ms Barbagallo warned was anything but “beige” or “vanilla” and which includes elements of BDSM, women’s clothing, Huntingdale prowler evidence, a matter relating to Hollywood Hospital, a Telstra witness and a prison phone call.

The prosecution team will be trying to convince Justice Hall that the *advertiser censored* and Hollywood Hospital evidence are relevant to all eight charges, while the women’s clothing and Huntingdale prowler evidence, as well as the alleged Huntingdale home invasion, are relevant to the murder and Karrakatta rape counts, and the Telstra witness and Karrakatta rape are also relevant to the Huntingdale break-in.

Regarding the Hollywood Hospital evidence, it’s not known what information prosecutors want to include or why it could be important. But Mr Edwards is believed to have been working at the Nedlands hospital as a Telstra technician in the 1990s, when some of the offences he’s accused of were committed. The hospital backs on to Karrakatta Cemetery, which is the scene of the 1995 alleged sex attack against a 17-year-old girl who too was abducted from Claremont.

In a brief mention of a prison call of interest that had been recently obtained, Ms Barbagallo didn’t clarify who was speaking, what was said or even whether Mr Edwards, who has been held on remand at Hakea Prison since his arrest, was involved in the recorded conversation.

The details of these are expected to emerge this week.

In preparation for tomorrow’s hearing Justice Hall agreed to watch a graphic 2002 *advertiser censored* movie titled Forced Entry that was among extreme *advertiser censored* allegedly found on electronic devices seized from Edwards. Ms Barbagallo urged the judge to watch it because otherwise he would be making a decision “blind” on its admissibility.

“There are no words capable of describing anywhere near what is able to be seen in that movie,” she said. “Your Honour needs to see what it is we are relying on.”

On the other hand, Mr Yovich, who will be arguing the propensity evidence shouldn’t be allowed because it is irrelevant and could be prejudicial to his client, was unsuccessful in his argument that the judge didn’t need to watch the pornographic movie, but instead rely on a written description of it.

Mr Yovich will also be trying to get the Huntingdale charges heard at a separate trial.

Bradley Edwards in an end-of-season team photo, where players wore boxer shorts.Picture: Pic sourced from Croc Central Newsletter
Before tomorrow’s pre-trial hearing, Justice Hall was also expected to watch Mr Edwards’ six-hour interview with police.

Mr Edwards is charged with the wilful murder of Sarah Spiers, 18, Jane Rimmer, 23, and Ciara Glennon, 27. All three women were abducted off the streets of Claremont between January 1996 and March 1997.

Mr Edwards is also defending five other charges for alleged prior offences: deprivation of liberty and breaking and entering a dwelling in Huntingdale in February 1988, plus deprivation of liberty and two counts of sexual penetration without consent in February 1995 at Karrakatta.

The judge-alone trial is expected to start on July 22. Nine months have been set aside for the marathon case.

 

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St John have confirmed a 50-year-old man was taken to hospital from Hakea Prison with an injury to his ear at normal road speed.
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In court on Thursday, prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo said that there were “no words capable of describing anywhere near” what was in the movie.

But the film will make up part of a bundle of evidence which prosecutors will argue is relevant to the three murders and two sex attacks with which Mr Edwards is charged.

His defence, led by Paul Yovich, will argue it is not relevant, will not help the judge and could prejudice the court against the 50-year-old accused.

 

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February 14, 2019
In the 45 minutes it took to start, then adjourn, a pre-trial hearing in the Supreme Court this morning, more was learnt about certain facets of the notorious Claremont serial killing case than has ever emerged before.

MORE:Judge to watch *advertiser censored* in Claremont case

And much more potential evidence is expected to be revealed, debated and dissected from Monday, when the three-day directions hearing will now start, revolving around the alleged prior conduct and character of the man accused of these heinous crimes, 50-year-old Bradley Robert Edwards.
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Mr Edwards has been detained at Hakea Prison since he was arrested and charged in December 2016.

July 22 is scheduled to be the day when all the evidence will begin to be laid out on the table, solely for Justice Hall to decide on Mr Edwards’ guilt or innocence without a jury.

But until then, next week’s directions hearing is set to be the most informative and enlightening precursor to what is shaping up to be WA’s trial of the century.

 

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Claremont serial killings: Inmate attacked Bradley Robert Edwards in prison
Peter de Kruijff | Jim KellyPerthNow
February 18, 2019 12:31PM
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The man accused of the Claremont serial killings was attacked by a fellow inmate at Hakea Prison.

Bradley Robert Edwards, 50, was due to appear in the Supreme Court for a three-day directions hearing into what evidence would be accepted at his trial but instead was rushed to Fiona Stanley Hospital after he was found injured in a shower block this morning.

Corrective Services Minster Fran Logan said he was told the attack on Mr Edwards took place at 7.55am Monday morning.

MORE:Claremont accused rushed to hospital


“The person concerned was in a protection area,” he said. “There was a limited number of prisoners there so the WA police are now investigating

“And the person concerned is now at Fiona Stanley Hospital being looked after.”

Mr Logan said he had been told Mr Edwards’ injuries were minor but were the direct result of an attack.

“At this stage they believe it was an attack by another prisoner, it occurred in the shower and it occurred about 20 minutes after the prisoners were unlocked,” he said.

When asked if it was disturbing that this was able to happen in a protected area in a prison, the Minister replied: “Unfortunately prisons are full of people who are quite violent, and some are quite disturbed and it is not unusual for prisoners to goad each other and sometimes attack each other.

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• Footy past of Claremont accused
• Judge to watch *advertiser censored* in Claremont case

“Obviously everything is done to try and stop that from occurring, sometimes in a situation an area which is private like a shower these things occur and in this case it did.”

Attorney-General John Quigley said he did not know what the circumstances were surrounding the alleged assault on Mr Edwards adding he was concerned it had happened.

“We want to keep this accused in good health to face justice without delay,” he said. “I don’t want him going off to hospital and then saying the trial has got to be delayed or nonsense like that. We want to keep this prisoner fit and in good health to face his day in court.”

 

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The accused Claremont serial killer has been taken to hospital from prison with an ear injury and may not be able to attend a pre-trial hearing in Perth.

Bradley Robert Edwards, 50, is due to stand trial before a judge sitting without a jury for an estimated nine months starting on July 22 over the murders of Ciara Glennon, 27, Jane Rimmer, 23, and 18-year-old Sarah Spiers.

But during a directions hearing, aimed at examining the admissibility of some evidence for the trial, the West Australian Supreme Court heard Edwards had 'health issues'

Accused Claremont serial killer misses court hearing after he’s found with serious facial injuries | Daily Mail Online