Current Missing QLD schoolgirl Jayde Kendall found dead

[_Mike_]

A school friend of Jayde Kendall has spent the night in a Queensland watch house and will face court today after being charged with the teen’s murder.

Yesterday, the missing 16-year-old’s body was found in a field near Gatton, west of Brisbane, almost two weeks after she disappeared.

Brenden Bennetts, 18, was arrested at the office of his solicitor in Bardon and charged last night with one count of murder and one count of misconduct with a corpse by interfering.


Bennetts stared straight ahead as he was driven to a watch house by officers last night as a media scrum gathered around the Queensland Police car in which he was traveling.

He is due to face Brisbane Magistrates Court today and The Courier Mail reports Bennetts intends to plead not guilty.


Read more at http://www.9news.com.au/national/20...ge-girl-located-by-police#biPsOTQlhb7lSmGD.99

 

[craffles]

Jumped on here to post a thread about this, what an awful case this is.

Not sure how the defence are planning on pleading not guilty as well. Seems like there is a fair amount of evidence against the accused already.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Everyone always intends to plead not guilty in the first media reports.

 

[_Mike_]

The Courier-Mail has uncovered a series of posts written by 18-year-old Brenden Bennetts, who was charged on Friday with murder and interfering with a corpse following the discovery of Jayde’s body in a paddock at the end of a narrow country lane.

In one post, Bennetts, who considers himself an aspiring writer, ponders “what death feels like”, the fragility of the human body and finding out “how black my heart really is”.

The Facebook posts also revealed conversations with Jayde dating back to February 2013, when she commented on one of his photos: “Oh my god, your eyes.”

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...disturbing-posts/story-fntwpug1-1227505306949

I can see where his Barrister/Solicitors will go with this direction and it's probable that they are going to make a case of a mental illness. With the mountain of evidence there's little other ways they could go about it except to acknowledge the murder and make a case for the accused being mentally ill

 

[craffles]

Any updates on this case? What's the latest

 

[Pie in the Sky]

Next court date is December 19th, briefly mentioned at the end of the link below.

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