Kym Allen Parsons’ DNA linked to Bicycle Bandit crime scenes, court told

An Adelaide court has been told investigators have all they need to get moving with their trial against the alleged infamous bank robber.

The alleged Bicycle Bandit’s DNA has been matched to two of the infamous robberies while one of his rifles fired the cartridges recovered from one of the crime scenes, a court has heard.

On Tuesday, prosecutors told the Adelaide Magistrates Court they were ready to take their case against Kym Allen Parsons to trial and asked he be committed to face a jury.

A prosecutor said that, despite the short time since Mr Parson’s arrest, the expert reports needed to run the trial had been obtained.

“The committal brief is compete including evidence relating to DNA and ballistics,” she said.

Kym Allen Parsons, left, is accused of carrying out a string of armed robberies in small SA towns between 2004 and 2014. Picture: NCA NewsWire

“That evidence shows his DNA has been located (on samples from) two of the banks, while the rifle located at his home was used to fire cartridges that were recovered from one of the robberies.”

Counsel for Mr Parsons, however, said their client needed a much longer adjournment - because he intended to challenge that evidence before considering either a plea or brokering a plea bargain.

“Dur to the centrality of that expert evidence, we are seeking our own DNA expert and we’re told (their report) will take six-to-eight weeks,” he said.

“We need time to take instructions from my client … the committal brief is 2500 pages, there are six discs of recordings and other materials (to consider).

“If there are to be negotiations (with prosecutors) in the coming weeks, my client would be entitled to preserve the potential sentencing discount for at least 30 days.”

Mr Parsons, 73, has yet to plead to allegations he was the Bicycle Bandit who stole more than $250,000 from 11 banks over a 10-year period.

He was released on bail after a court heard he was terminally ill and had lost 7kg in custody – despite enjoying “the best chocolate sponge cake he had ever eaten”.

Prosecutors have seized his assets, alleging he remains a danger to the community, while he claims he needs taxpayer-supported Legal Aid funding before his case can progress.

On Tuesday, counsel for Mr Parsons said a further 10-weeks adjournment was “not an unreasonable” delay given “the nature and seriousness of this matter”.

The prosecutor suggested four weeks would be sufficient, but Magistrate John Wells granted the time sought by defence and remanded Mr Parsons on continuing bail until May.