The courts Woman remanded on three murder charges

Press, 28 March 1979, Page 4

The courts Woman remanded on three murder charges

A housewife, aged 36, Wasi remanded to April 4 for the; | taking of depositions on [three charges of murder by Mr J. S. Bisphan, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. [ The woman, who was :granted interim suppression | of her name, did not appear in the No. 1 courtroom. I Counsel (Mr S. G. Erber) i asked that his client's appearance in the dock be exIcused although, he said, she [was in the precincts of the, courthouse. The woman, who is charged with murdering heri three children, aged eight.! | six and four, was remanded jin custody at Sunnyside Hos- | pital. J The Magistrate granted ini.terim suppression of the j woman’s name on the [grounds outlined in a psyIchiatric report handed to him [by Mr Erber. [ He also suppressed the names of the three children.' KIEL THREAT A tea attendant who faces' two charges of assault and[ ■another of threatening to| kill a doctor was remanded, in custody to April 3. Raymond James Olsen, aged 38, is charged with assaulting a boy aged 14 on'

two occasions last month, i and with threatening to kill Kevin James O'Connor on March 16. The defendant did not plead to the charges. BURGLARY CHARGES A man, aged 38, charged with stealing a $3150 caravan and two charges of burglary, was remanded on bail of $lOOO to April 10. The alleged offences took place between February 28 and March 23 in Christ-j church.

, ] The name of the defendant I'was suppressed in the ini terim at the request of counsel (Mr M. J. Glue). DRUG CHARGE John Flynn, aged 23. a shearer, was remanded withI out plea to April 3 on a [charge of possessing canna[bis for supply. II The alleged offence oc-l [curred on March 16. :i Flynn was allowed bail of 1 l[ssoo. w’ith an approved, ■isurety of $lOOO, and ordered; Ito report daily to the policed