Tobias Moran: Defence moves to drop murder charge in Lismore’s Simone Strobel cold case

The Simone Strobel murder case is back in court almost 20 years after the 25-year-old German backpacker’s body was found at a Lismore sports ground.

Tobias Suckfuell, now Toby Moran, after Ms Strobel’s death.

The defence in the Simone Strobel murder case has moved for charges to be dismissed after the prosecution was ordered to serve some 3000 pages in evidence.

It comes 18 years after the 25-year-old German backpacker’s body was found at a Lismore sports ground

Tobias Friedrich Moran had his case mentioned in Lismore Local Court on Wednesday.

The 42-year-old previously named Tobias Suckfuell faces charges of murdering his then-girlfriend and perverting the course of justice.

Tobias Suckfuell, now Tobias Moran, was camping with his girlfriend Simone Strobel when she went missing in Lismore.

The court heard the Director of Public Prosecutions has been ordered to serve about 3000 new pages of evidence by March 22.

Meanwhile, Moran has applied for the Crown to dismiss the charges against him.

The thousands of pages of new information could bring the cold case one step closer to trial.

German backpacker Simone Strobel was found murdered in Lismore in 2005.

Ms Strobel, 25, was last seen at Lismore Tourist Caravan Park on the NSW North Coast on February 11, 2005, after a night out with her boyfriend Tobias Moran and friends.

Ms Strobel’s naked body was found six days later hidden under palm fronds less than 100m from her campsite.

Police arrested Moran at his Perth home and he was extradited to Sydney last year after being charged.

Moran being extradited from WA last year. Picture: AAP Image/NSW Police

Moran has denied any involvement in Ms Strobel’s death.

He will appear in the court via video link from his Western Australian address, where he has been allowed to reside while on bail, for charge certification on April 26.