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Easey Street accused Kouroumblis to face double murder trial
Almost 50 years after two housemates were found dead in their home, a man has been committed to stand trial accused of their double murder.
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Easey Street accused Kouroumblis to face double murder trial
Almost 50 years after two housemates were found dead in their home, a man has been committed to stand trial accused of their double murder.
However, Perry Kouroumblis will no longer face a rape charge after it was struck out as a magistrate found there was insufficient evidence.
In the near-50 year journey to prosecution, Victorian police have whittled 274 persons of interest down to 130 “possible suspects” in the late 1990s including seven “strong and significant suspects”, the court was told on Wednesday.
These included John Grant, a journalist who was staying next door before the women were killed; Barry Woodard and his brother, who visited the scene the day before the women’s bodies were found; and Ross Hammond who has since died.
Hammond, who had been dating Bartlett, told a detective he climbed into Ms Bartlett’s bedroom window before she died, while Woodard had been on a blind date with Armstrong weeks before the killing.
Ultimately, police allege DNA evidence ties Kouroumblis to the double murder after advances in technology connected him to semen found underneath Armstrong.
