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Pictured, late 1990s early 2000s.
BRADLEY ROBERT EDWARDS - EIGHT CHARGES
On 15 February 1988 at Huntingdale, you broke and entered without consent at night into the dwelling house of xxxxxxxxxx with the intent to commit an offence therein.
On 15 February 1988 at Huntingdale, you unlawfully detained xxxxxxxxxx.
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On 12 February 1995 at Claremont, you unlawfully detained xxxxxxxxxx. .
On 12 February 1995 at Claremont, you sexually penetrated one xxxxxxxxxx without her consent in circumstances of aggravation, namely by doing an act which substantially degraded and humiliated the victim.
On 12 February 1995 at Claremont, you sexually penetrated one xxxxxxxxxx without her consent in circumstances of aggravation, namely by doing an act which substantially degraded and humiliated the victim.
On 27 Jan, 1996 you murdered Sarah Spiers.
Between 9 June 1996 and 3 August 1996 at Wellard, you wilfully murdered Jane Louise Rimmer.
Between 15 March 1997 and 3 April 1997 at Eglinton, you wilfully murdered Ciara Eilish Glennon.
HOW THE PROSECUTION WILL ARGUE THE CHARGES:
There is a Telstra ‘living’ witness relevant to charges 1&2.
Karrakatta kidnap and rape are relevant to charges 1&2.
Three Claremont murders are relevant to charges 1&2.
Huntingdale Prowler evidence is relevant to charges 3 to 8. *
Huntingdale break-in is relevant to charges 3 to 8.
Women’s clothing evidence is relevant to charges 3 to 8.*
Hollywood hospital* is relevant.
Pornography (including stories, searches and downloads) is relevant.
* Revealed for the first time, no further details known.
https://thewest.com.au/news/claremo...aces-by-bradley-robert-edwards-ng-b881106173z
Timeline of key moments in the investigation:
27 January 1996: Sarah Spiers, 18, goes missing from outside a Claremont nightclub after celebrating Australia Day with friends.
9 June 1996: Childcare worker, Jane Rimmer, 23, goes missing from outside the Continental Hotel in Claremont after drinking with friends.
10 June 1996: Police link the disappearances of Jane Rimmer and Sarah Spiers, and launch Operation Macro.
3 August, 1996: Jane Rimmer's naked and partly decomposed body is found in bushland in Wellard by a passerby. It had been lightly covered by leaves and twigs and was not visible from the road.
14/15 March, 1997: Lawyer, Ciara Glennon disappears from Claremont after last being seen near Bay View Terrace after drinking with work colleague just after midnight.
3 April, 1997: Ciara's body, partly clothed, was found in scrub 45 kilometres north of Perth near Pipidinny Road. It was hidden under branches, but not buried. A witness claimed he saw a taxi with its headlights off in the area the night Ciara disappeared. Police later told media they believed the killer had used "planned disposal sites" and dumped the women's bodies soon after their abductions. Following her disappearance, thousands of taxi drivers gave saliva samples and more than 1000 taxis were inspected.
October 2004: Having investigated somewhere in the region of 3000 people over the course of the operation police consider disbanding the task force - after it became the most expensive in Australian history.
August 2008: Police release unseen CCTV footage of Jane Rimmer exchanging a greeting with an unidentified man outside the Continental Hotel in Claremont the night she was abducted.
2014: Rumours swelled that detectives were close to an arrest. The rumours were swiftly quashed by police.
October 2015: The Post reveals a breakthrough in the case, a first in years of silence - claiming police had linked the rape of a teenager in Karrakatta years earlier. Speculation that it provided a new forensic link
27 January, 2016: Sarah Spiers' parents marked twenty years since her disappearance.
22 December, 2016: Police swarm on a Kewdale house, arresting a male occupant and seizing evidence from the property. The man was taken into custody.
TIMELINE AS SET OUT BY THE PROSECUTION:
February 1988
Huntingdale attack charges: A 19-year-old Mr Edwards, living in his Huntingdale home with his family, is accused of entering a woman’s house and attacking her inside her bedroom by sitting on her back and attempting to force fabric into her mouth. She struggles and he runs from the house.
Proposed evidence The attacker leaves behind a women’s kimono stained with his semen DNA profile. The state alleges the DNA matches Mr Edwards' DNA profile.
1988
Huntingdale prowler: The state alleges Mr Edwards prowled the streets within a one kilometre radius of his home, stealing women’s underwear and night gowns, and on occasion wearing them.
Proposed evidence The prowler leaves behind finger and palm prints and foot impressions at a residence. The state alleges the fingerprints match Mr Edwards'.
May 1990
Hollywood Hospital assault: Mr Edwards confesses to attempting to drag a young social worker into a toilet block at
Hollywood Hospital, where he was contracted for work at the time.
Mr Edwards gagged the woman with a piece of cloth, but she managed to fight him off.
Police later found cable ties in his pockets. The incident occurred after Mr Edwards had learned his then-girlfriend had cheated on him.
Proposed evidence Mr Edwards’ fingerprints were taken and entered into the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System.
May 1990
Mr Edwards pleads guilty to the common assault of a social worker. He is sentenced in June to two years’ probation. He keeps his job at Telstra.
February 1995
Karrakatta Cemetery rape charge: Mr Edwards is accused of abducting and raping a 17-year-old girl late at night as she walked to a friend’s house from Club Bay View in Claremont. He allegedly bound and gagged the teenager, and placed a hood over her head, before driving her to the cemetery to rape her.
Proposed evidence DNA of the Karrakatta cemetery rapist is taken from the victim, who attends hospital that evening. The state alleges it matches Mr Edwards' DNA profile.
January 1996
Mr Edwards’ marriage begins to break down and he learns his wife is having an affair. She moves out of their home, leaving him alone.
January 1996
Sarah Spiers murder charge: Sarah Spiers, 18, is last seen leaning on a Telstra bollard waiting for a taxi in Claremont after a night out with friends. The taxi arrives soon after but Sarah is already gone.
Around 20 minutes later, witnesses in Mosman Park hear “blood curdling screams” and a car matching the description of Mr Edwards’ is seen in the vicinity parked on the wrong side of the road with its lights on.
May 1996
Mr Edwards learns his wife is pregnant to another man.
June 1996
Jane Rimmer murder charge: Ms Rimmer, 23, is allegedly taken from Claremont by Mr Edwards and murdered in Wellard, where her body was later found in bushland.
Her cause of death is unknown as her remains had decomposed, but a post-mortem noted a ‘prominent defect’ to her neck.
Proposed evidence A Telstra-branded knife was found on the same road as Ms Rimmer’s remains. As a Telstra technician, Mr Edwards was issued with the same type of Telstra knife prior to the Claremont killings.
Proposed evidence Fibres found in Ms Rimmer’s hair match the car seat fibres in the make and model of car Mr Edwards was driving at the time.
October to December 1996
Mr Edwards allegedly had a brief relationship with an older woman.
1995/96/97
The state alleges a man matching Mr Edwards’ description and driving a Telstra car offered young women in the western suburbs lifts home late at night. It’s alleged he picked up women on five occasions and dropped them at their requested destination.
March 1997
Ciara Glennon murder charge: Ms Glennon, 27, is murdered after allegedly being taken by Mr Edwards following a night out with friends in Claremont.
The lawyer’s body is later found in bushland in Eglinton, covered in a “strikingly similar way” to Ms Rimmer’s body.
Her cause of death is a cut to the throat.
Proposed evidence The state alleges Mr Edwards’ DNA was found underneath Ms Glennon’s fingernails.
Proposed evidence The state alleges fibres found in Ms Glennon’s hair match fibres found in the car seat of the make and model of vehicle Mr Edwards was driving at the time.
Proposed evidence Mr Edwards was meant to stay over at a friend’s house the night Ms Glennon was murdered, but instead arrived mid-morning the next day. He said he was late because he was trying to reconcile with his wife, which the state claims was a lie.
April 1997
Mr Edwards meets the woman who would go on to become his second wife.
December 2016
Mr Edwards is allegedly editing erotic stories involving abduction and sexual assault themes in the days before his arrest.
December 2016
Police conducting cold case reviews test a kimono found at a 1988 Huntingdale assault for DNA evidence and allegedly find DNA matching the profile of the Claremont serial killer. The case is re-investigated.
Proposed evidence Mr Edwards' fingerprints are allegedly found at a house scoped by the Huntingdale prowler.
December 2016
Mr Edwards is arrested by police at his Kewdale home and charged.
September, 2018
Mr Edwards pleads not guilty to all charges against him.
Link to discussion thread here: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/claremont-murders-discussion-edwards-trial-updates.1194825/
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