Note | More questions in murder case barred
MELBOURNE: Detectives failed in Melbourne Magistrate's Court yesterday in an attempt to further question a man charged with a double murder and five sex offences.
Mr Raymond Edmonds, 41, a former salesman, of Mordialloc, has been charged with having murdered at Murchison East, about February 10, 1966, Mr Gary Heywood, 18, and Abina Madill, 16, both of nearby Shepparton.
The bodies were found in a paddock 15 days after the two teenagers disappeared from a Saturday night dance in Shepparton.
Mr Edmonds has also been chained with three counts of rape at two Melbourne suburbs, and two counts of assault with intent to rape, all in 1977.
Inspector Alan Bowles, of the State Prosecuting Division, asked the magistrate, Mr Caven, for permission to place Mr Edmonds in the custody of Detective Sergeant Dennis Hanna, of Shepparton CIB, for a further six hours' questioning.
Mr Edmonds refused to consent to the application and therefore the application could not succeed.
Mr Edmonds was remanded in custody until May 6 on the doublemurder charge. He had first appeared in the court on March 25.
No plea was entered.
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