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A person accused of kidnapping has had a bail bid knocked again as police allege proof of planning within the disappearance of his mom.
Wheelchair-bound with seen marks to his head, Slade Murdok sat quietly for almost all of his bail software in Brisbane Magistrates Court docket on Thursday.
The 30-year-old was on bail for unrelated offenses when he was arrested and charged in relation to the disappearance of his mother, Wendy Sleemanthe court docket heard.
Queensland police on Thursday evening stated they imagine they discovered Ms Sleeman’s physique behind a automobile on Brisbane’s north aspect.
The 61-year-old had been lacking since she contacted the police on Tuesday.
“Tragically, the physique of a girl we imagine to be Wendy was discovered contained in the automobile. It is a devastating end result for her family members and our ideas stay with them,” Superintendent Brendan Smith stated.
“I might wish to thank the general public for his or her help through the investigation into her disappearance and demise and attraction to anybody who might have seen the blue Honda jazz with Queensland registration 952-AT4 to contact the police, significantly residents of south Brisbane, Logan and the Gold Coast.
“Verified sightings on Tuesday, January 24 embody Ironbark Street, Elanora round 3pm, the intersection of Paradise Level Street and Kingston Street, Logan Central at 5.50pm and Jean Avenue, Slacks Creek, at 5.52pm.”
A criminal offense scene was declared at an Elanora house earlier within the week after a considerable amount of blood was discovered on the property.
However Mr Murdok’s lawyer Rodney Keyte stated the case towards his consumer was weak regardless of the seriousness of the costs, which included home violence-related counts of kidnapping, assault, stalking and tried arson.
Based mostly on the circumstantial proof, Mr Keyte stated he extremely doubted the case would make it previous the committal stage and questioned what tied his consumer to the scene.
In opposing bail, police prosecutors argued that they’d a “very sturdy and really highly effective” case towards Mr Murdok.
Officers discovered a pool of blood on the lavatory ground and drag marks alongside the ground, indicating the sufferer was bleeding closely and unconscious, prosecutors stated.
Ms Sleeman feared for her personal security and believed Mr Murdok may attempt to kill her as just lately as January 23, the court docket heard.
Proof gathered up to now factors to the occasions on the property being deliberate, Detective Superintendent Smith informed reporters.
Ms Sleeman had known as the police after discovering a disturbance at her house on Tuesday afternoon.
“She got here house from work, and the home had been given some pressured entry, and he or she observed some injury,” Detective Superintendent Smith stated.
By the point the police arrived 30 minutes later, Ms Sleeman was lacking.
Officers have been unable to intercept a automobile that was leaving the property at velocity and went again to the property the place they might odor petrol and see smoke, the court docket was informed.
The scene indicated there had been violence concerned within the disappearance, whereas there was additionally proof of a hearth that had began however was extinguished.
Mr Murdok had earlier allegedly gone to the varsity the place his mom labored, however Mr Keyte contested the understanding of his identification.
Mr Murdok was refused bail and the case towards him was adjourned for point out on February 14.
-AAP
