I think that regardless of the whole social media/fair trial aspect his legal representatives will be looking for not guilty to murder and angling for manslaughter (in that, he only intended to rape, not kill) instead.
IMO the CCTV footage released to the public was for the witnesses to come forward to build on the brief of evidence, as far as i can tell from the news reports they already had the perp under surveillance when they released it to the public.
Charges can and do change, initial charges are just the beginning as the police build the brief of evidence in this matter im sure additional charges will be laid.
Unfortunately mace/pepper spray is illegal in Australia. IMO the best line of defence is awareness of your surroundings and taking a self defence class or form of martial arts.
I was just discussing this with a friend:
(from a website)
Committal Mention
The defendant must state whether they will plead guilty or not guilty at this hearing. He or she must also state which witnesses they wish to call at the committal hearing for cross examination, and in broad terms...
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