Benjimin Brett Waters charged with interfering with a corpse arising from body found in scrub

A 37-year-old accused of interfering with a corpse found in scrub on Toowoomba’s outskirts has had his charge mentioned in court. See the latest here.

A 37-year-old Toowoomba man charged with interfering with a corpse relating to the alleged dumping of a 28-year-old man’s body has had his case mentioned before the city’s Magistrates Court.

Benjimin Brett Waters has been remanded in custody and was not required to be in court on Monday when his matters were mentioned.

He has been charged with “misconduct with a corpse by interfering” arising from the discovery of the body of 28-year-old Blake Riley found in bushland at Preston on Toowoomba’s southeastern outskirts on January 7, 2021.

Mr Waters has not yet been required to enter any plea to the charge and no details of the police allegations have as yet been aired in open court.

NAMED: Kelly-Ann May Sinclair has been committed to trial on a charge of manslaughter arising from the discovery of Blake Riley’s body in bushland near Toowoomba.

Kelly-Ann May Sinclair, 36, of Glenvale, has been charged with manslaughter relating to the discovery of Mr Riley’s body.

She has not been required to enter any plea to that charge and remains on bail having been committed to trial.

Both Ms Sinclair and Mr Watson were known to Mr Riley.

Mr Waters’ solicitor Joe McConnell, of McConnell Saldumbide Lawyers, told the court on Monday he had received the police brief of evidence and barrister Frank Martin had been briefed in the matter.

However, because the brief of evidence was so large it could take several conferences with Mr Waters before the matter could progress further and so an adjournment was sought, he said.

Acting Magistrate Andy Cridland therefore remanded Mr Waters in custody and adjourned the case for mention back in the same court on April 17.

Originally published as Benjimin Brett Waters charged with interfering with a corpse arising from body found in scrub