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First week of the Claremont serial killer trial grapples with the many faces of Bradley Edwards

An uncommunicative and emotionally distant man who showed little reaction to bombshells in his personal life?
Or a romantic and attentive suitor and committed family man who led a normal life in the southern suburbs of Perth?

Two ex-wives, two ex-girlfriends, other friends — both male and female — and work colleagues all gave their versions of Bradley Edwards in court this week, and it was at times a wildly contradictory picture.

The apparently tender side of Edwards was evidenced by the red roses and cards he sent to women he was trying to woo, and in the home video images projected to the court showing Edwards as a doting stepfather to his second wife's young daughter.

In stark contrast was the indifferent and uncommunicative man of which his first wife spoke, who ignored her as he spent long evenings late at night on his computer and never sought to discover why she eventually left him.

The prosecution argues the three alleged murders took place at emotionally volatile periods in Edwards's life, following a pattern it said was already established by his attack on a random woman at Hollywood Hospital in 1990.

This violent assault, which took place as he worked on the hospital's phone lines and to which he immediately confessed, happened the night after he had a row with his then-girlfriend over whether the couple would marry, she told the court.

But there were some inconsistencies in the accounts, with his second wife attributing the attack instead to Edwards's discovery of his first wife's infidelity prior to their marriage.

 
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Claremont serial killings: Court told how woman was approached by man driving Telstra station wagon during killings

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5:06PM DECEMBER 3, 2019
Western Australian police investigating the Claremont serial killings were looking for information on a Telstra employee as July 1996 — more than eight months before the third of the killer’s victims was murdered.
The stunning revelations were contained in documents tendered in the WA Supreme Court on Tuesday.
The documents showed that detectives sent a request to Telstra for information on their drivers on 2 July 1996, less than six months after Sarah Spiers disappeared and less than a month after Jane Rimmer went missing. Rimmer’s body was found in August 1996, while Ciara Glennon was abducted and murdered in March 1997.
The court also saw evidence that WA police had written to Telstra again in December 1998, seeking information about Telstra vehicles in operation between 25 and 28 January, 1996 – the weekend that Spiers disappeared.
But the vehicle list sent back to WA police did not include details of the Toyota Camry station wagon that Edwards was driving at the time, given the car had been sold by Telstra in the intervening period.
The records show that police first suspected a Telstra employee could be connected to the crimes more than 20 years before Edwards was arrested.
 
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Claremont trial: Telstra links ran cold after telco didn't send accused’s vehicle in police request
The 'Telstra lead' was being chased within days of the Macro Taskforce - which went on to become the longest and most expensive murder investigation in Australian history – being formed in 1996.
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Claremont trial: Telstra links ran cold after telco didn't send accused’s vehicle in police request
By Heather McNeill

December 3, 2019 — 3.03pm

WA Police's Macro Taskforce was investigating a possible link between a Telstra-issued vehicle and the disappearances of Sarah Spiers and Jane Rimmer as early as July 1996 – just weeks after Jane vanished. The lead was being chased within days of the special taskforce being formed on June 10, 1996. Macro went on to become the longest and most expensive murder investigation in Australian history. During day seven of the Claremont serial killer trial, a fax sent from Telstra to WA Police revealed police were following up on a "Telstra tip-off" by July 2, 1996, however the nature of the tip was not mentioned in court.
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The fax Telstra sent to WA Police suggested detectives had made a connection between the 1995 rape and the disappearance of the first two women a number of years prior to common fibre evidence being found which allegedly linked the crimes.

Detectives in 1996 requested Telstra provide a list of particular vehicles and their associated drivers.
Mr Edwards' name was not on that list as his vehicle allocation records showed he drove a van for the majority of the time between 1990 to 1993 and was then issued a Toyota Camry in 1994.
“Attached is the result of Telstra vehicle checks you requested last week,” the fax read.
“Sorry for the delay I seem to recall that you mentioned the vehicle you were looking for had a Telstra logo on the side, distinct from the Telecom logo and the witness was fairly definite about this.
"If this is the case then you should be aware that we only started putting Telstra logos on our vehicles from about July 1995.
"Also please note that the driver’s name we have recorded may not be correct as sometimes vehicles change hands or are borrowed etc."
Macro Taskforce sent a second request to Telstra in 1998 – after Sarah Spiers, Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon had been killed – following up an apparent line of inquiry involving "Telstra Camry sedans". By this stage, detectives had also received at least two tip-offs in relation to the Claremont murders about women reporting a man in a Telstra vehicle offering them a lift home when they mistook his white station wagon for a taxi. The police request asked for a list of all active Telstra vehicles from 1996, however Telstra in its response did not include the Toyota Camry Mr Edwards was assigned in early 1996 as it had by 1998 been leased to an external subsidiary of Telstra.
The telecom giant’s two responses to WA Police appeared not to include the Toyota Camry Mr Edwards was assigned at the relevant time, or the two vans he was assigned in the early 1990s.
 
A woman has told the Claremont serial killings trial she saw a Telstra car circling the area five times in about two hours one night and she even tried to hail the vehicle, mistakenly believing it was a taxi.

he spoke to police about it in June 1997 when the events were fresh in her mind and after a friend said she’d been picked up by a Telstra vehicle.

 
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Claremont serial killings trial: Telstra promoted Bradley Robert Edwards after Hollywood Hospital assault
Shannon Hampton
The West Australian
Wednesday, 4 December 2019 3:52PM

There is no record of Bradley Robert Edwards’ attack on a senior social worker at Hollywood Hospital while he was on the job for Telstra on the company’s records, it has been revealed.

It was also revealed Mr Edwards – who is alleged to have evolved into the Claremont serial killer in the years that followed – was given a promotion two years after his terrifying attack.

On day eight of WA’s trial of the century, Mr Edwards’ employment history with the company was explored in extensive detail, from when he started as an apprentice technician with what was then Telecom Australia, in 1986.

Telstra global payroll manager Tony Vomero was tasked with extracting historical payroll information relating to Mr Edwards, and was able to produce his payslips, leave history and a job application dating back more than three decades.

But when asked by prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo if Telstra held any record relating to Mr Edwards’ assault on the social worker on May 7, 1990, Mr Vomero replied: “No”.

Mr Edwards was convicted of common assault after he pleaded guilty to attacking the woman. He was sentenced to two years’ probation and ordered to complete a sex offenders treatment program.

But he kept his job.

In fact, the court was told Mr Edwards was given a pay rise the following year, before being promoted to a senior technician in June 1992.

.... the Hollywood Hospital incident...
Records showed that the day after the attack, Mr Edwards applied for an hour of “miscellaneous leave”.
 
 
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The below article has info on Trial Day 15 Ciara Glennon witness evidence from possible sighting of the accused (Dean St) Ms Mabbott and Dr Connor (cardigan man).


Claremont Serial Killer Trial: witness says she saw dark-haired man near woman matching Ciara Glennon’s description on night she disappeared
Shannon Hampton
The West Australian
Friday, 13 December 2019 5:13PM

A woman says she spotted a woman fitting the description of Ciara Glennon walking along Stirling Highway on the night she disappeared moments before spotting a tall, dark-haired man standing behind a car nearby.

Giving evidence in the trial of accused Claremont serial killer Bradley Robert Edwards today, Karen Mabbott said was driving home after dropping off her boss in Mosman Park when she saw the woman walking on a footpath near Christchurch Grammar School.

Prosecutors allege Ms Glennon, a 27-year-old lawyer who was last seen leaving the Continental Hotel about midnight on March 14, 1997, either got into the car with Mr Edwards or he abducted her in a blitz attack before killing her and dumping her body, which was found in Eglinton almost three weeks later.

Ms Mabbott said she saw the woman between 12.15am and 12.20am, describing her as being about 5ft2, with shoulder-length dark curly hair, wearing a white top, black jacket and a black skirt.

She said the top looked like a T-shirt and that she was of slim to medium build and aged in her mid-20s.

“(She was) going somewhere and didn’t look like she was in a particular hurry,” she said.

Ms Mabbott said she continued driving, when she noticed something else. “As I went past the intersection at Dean Street, I noticed a man standing behind a car,” she said.

She said it was a light-coloured vehicle but was unable to recognise the model. “I thought at first he was a taxi driver and the young woman had been dropped off by the taxi,” she said, adding she did not see a taxi sign.

The witness described the man as being about 6ft tall, with dark-hair, with short back and sides, wearing a T-shirt, no glasses and appeared Mediterranean.

“He was just standing there staring out at the roadway,” she said. “It would have been about 40m on Dean Street. He was face on. It was just a frontal view.”

Ms Mabbott said she could not recall where the woman was at that stage, saying after she passed the man she stopped at a red light on Stirling Road.

Under cross-examination, Ms Mabbott said she first spoke with police in April 1997 after seeing a re-enactment about Ms Glennon’s disappearance.

When Mr Yovich asked why she never mentioned the man in her first statement, but did so in a second statement in 1999, she said she did but it wasn’t included.

“So your evidence is police included in your statement that you didn’t see anyone in the car, but left out that you saw someone standing behind the car,” Mr Yovich questioned.

“I suggest you’re mistaken.”

Ms Mabbott told the court when police returned to speak with her again they brought with them a photo ID board with “a picture of the public servant they had under review”.

It is believed she was referring to former suspect Lance Williams.

Earlier, James Connor, 50, testified he saw Ms Glennon at the Continental Hotel, saying he recalled she had been at a lunch or work function with friends.

Dr Connor remembered Ms Glennon wearing a cardigan – but later said it could have been a loose-fitting jacket, admitting he was not good with fashion – and that at some point she threw it on the ground near a table inside the pub.

“I quickly picked it up because I didn’t want her to lose it or for it to get dirty,” he said.

Dr Connor said he wrapped the garment around his waist where it stayed for about 10 minutes before Ms Glennon grabbed it off him because she was leaving.

He said she appeared tired and looked like someone who had “probably had a few drinks” but said she could stand and talk.

That was the last time he saw Ms Glennon, Dr Connor said.

Neil Fearis, who was a partner at Ms Glennon’s law firm at the time and dropped her and her work colleagues to the Continental after work drinks, described her as being in a “festive” and “boisterous” mood.

“It was Ciara’s first Friday night drinks since returning home to Perth. They were celebrating St Patrick’s Day,” he said.

It is believed defence lawyers are exploring Ms Glennon’s dropping of her jacket to highlight a potential source of the fibres found in her hair and on her clothing, which prosecutors say come from Mr Edwards’ car and work shorts.

Prosecutors also claim DNA matching Mr Edwards’ was found in samples taken from her fingernails.

Mr Edwards denies murdering Ms Glennon. He also denies any involvement in the disappearances and deaths of Sarah Spiers and Jane Rimmer, who were also last seen in Claremont between 1996 and 1997.

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No mention of any other secret cameras, other than the mostly unsuccessful one on the Picnic store. I'm curious if there was another one on the Police station on Stirling Hwy at some stage?
 
The woman who found Jane Rimmer's body has given emotional testimony at the Claremont serial killings trial of how Ms Rimmer's foot touched the back of her leg as she was out picking flowers in a bush clearing.

 
The trial of alleged Claremont serial killer Bradley Robert Edwards continues to progress quicker than expected, with one full sitting day likely before breaking for a fortnight.
The prosecution of former Telstra technician Edwards, 51, is entering its fourth week and hearing from the final civilian witnesses before experts take the stand.


 

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