Man appears in court charged with 2011 cold-case murder of Stephen Newton
A man charged with the cold-case murder of Mt Gambier invalid pensioner Stephen Newton has appeared in court.
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A man has faced court charged with the cold-case murder of invalid pensioner Stephen Newton.
The 46-year-old man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Friday morning.
He is charged with the 2011 murder of Mr Newton at Mt Gambier. The man did not apply for bail and will return to court in April next year.
Mr Newton, 55, was a known associate of the man charged with his murder and detectives believe it is likely more than one person was involved in his death.
Key evidence including a plasma TV, a whipper snipper, a PlayStation console, 39 PlayStation games, 25 DVDs and seven souvenir banknotes were later recovered from pawn shops.
Major Crime detectives believe it is likely there are individuals in Mt Gambier with information that can assist the inquiry and have urged them to come forward.
Major Crime officer-in-charge Detective Superintendent Des Bray declined to comment at length on the development.
“With this matter before the courts, police are limited in any comment we can make at this time,” he said.
“However I would like to reiterate that SA Police never consider unsolved matters such as this ‘closed’ and even though matters may not be in the public eye, we continue looking for fresh lines of inquiry in a bid to bring offenders to justice.”
Anyone with any information on Mr Newton’s murder is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.