Kylie Maybury's mother to be quizzed about 'murdered' girl's access to Valium
ABC News
Updated Thu Sep 29 13:32:11 EST 2016
Posted Thu Sep 29 12:39:33 EST 2016
'The mother of a six-year-old girl who was allegedly murdered in Melbourne's north more than 30 years ago will be questioned in court about the child's access to Valium before she died.
Kylie Maybury disappeared from a street in Preston, on Melbourne Cup Day in 1984, and was later found dead in a gutter one kilometre away.
Gregory Keith Davies, 74, was earlier this year arrested and charged with her murder and rape and also false imprisonment.
His lawyer has told the Magistrates' Court the girl was suffocated and DNA evidence would be the crux of the case.
He was given approval to cross-examine the girl's mother at a hearing next year about the child's access to Valium before she disappeared.
The drug was mentioned in court in the context of toxicology reports.
The prosecution alleges that Davies gave the girl the drug but the defence disputes it.
Davies was remanded in custody to face a committal hearing next May.'
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