The mothers of the three murdered women only attended the first day of the trial, but it is likely that Uma Glennon and Carol Spiers will be present for the verdict.
Bradley Robert … Bradley Robert Edwards was charged with their murders 20 years later, including the rape of a woman in a cemetery near Claremont, and pleaded not guilty to all counts against him.
They have also been in courtroom 7.3 throughout the trial. It's likely that his sentence for those attacks — which will be handed down at a later date — will be significantly more than the three-and-a-half years he's already spent behind bars. To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Guide. The circumstances of their disappearances were remarkably similar. The confessed rapist and ex-Telstra technician has sat through a 95-day WA Supreme Court trial, which included more than 200 witnesses, and DNA and fibre analysis. Mr Yovich concluded that given the absence of Ms Spiers’ remains, it could not be proven her attacker intended to murder her.
Prosecutors allege fibres from Edwards work trousers and his Holden Commodore VS station wagon were found on the bodies of Ms Rimmer and Ms Glennon. Edwards, 51, denies murdering secretary Sarah Spiers, 18, childcare worker Jane Rimmer, 23, and solicitor Ciara Glennon, 27, in 1996 and 1997. There were several strands to the prosecution's case, and DNA was just one of them.
Here's a guide to get you up to speed on the case ahead of the monumental verdict. The mystery haunted Perth for … Warning - assets failed to load. Here's a quick guide to get you up to speed ahead of the 9.15am (WST) start time. Bradley Robert Edwards is “an evil murderer and rapist”, WA’s top cop says after the long-awaited Claremont serial killer verdict. Accused Claremont serial killer Bradley Robert Edwards has been found guilty of murdering two women in Perth in the 1990s but acquitted of slaying a … In the video below, The ‘trial of the century’ wraps up in WA. A verdict will be handed down today to the accused Claremont serial killer, marking the close of a six-month long trial over the murders of Sarah Spiers, Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon. All three disappeared on separate nights in Claremont between January 1996 and March 1997, with the bodies of Ms Rimmer and Ms Glennon later found in bushland while Ms Spier’s body was never found. The seven-month-long trial of accused Claremont serial killer Bradley Robert Edwards has finally finished and the judge expects to deliver his verdict within three months. Application may not work as expected. He also suggested it was possible the fibres on the women came from other contact, such as bumping into people while out in Claremont. But if he also finds the fibre and propensity evidence is not strong enough, Edwards will be acquitted. So you could be forgiven for losing track of what it's all about. Mr Yovich noted they had similar injuries and their bodies had been concealed in a similar way. The key element in the case has been the presence of a miniscule amount of Edwards' DNA on a combined sample of two of Ms Glennon's fingernails. The 51-year-old later changed his plea on the last charge to guilty. Edwards has been in prison since he was arrested in December 2016. Accused Claremont serial killer Bradley Robert Edwards will learn his fate today as a verdict is handed down in his trial for the murders of Sarah Spiers, Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon. Right: A sketch of Justice Stephen Hall. However, there was no evidence presented that the samples were ever examined at the same time or stored in the same place. A man accused of being Australia's Claremont serial killer has been found guilty of murdering two young women in the 1990s. The prosecution has placed a great deal of emphasis on this infinitesimal speck of biological material, which Edwards admits is his. Edwards, 51, denies murdering secretary Sarah Spiers, 18, childcare worker Jane Rimmer, 23, and solicitor Ciara Glennon, 27, …