Peter Dupas faces court charged with murder of Kathleen Downes
MELBOURNE man Peter Dupas will face trial next year charged with the 1997 murder of Kathleen Downes. He appeared in court via videolink today for a brief hearing.
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MELBOURNE man Peter Dupas has appeared in the Supreme Court via video link charged with the murder of Kathleen Downes.
Mrs Downes, 95, was murdered in a Brunswick nursing home in 1997.
The alleged killer was interviewed over the murder in 2001, but refused to comment.
Mrs Downes was a resident at the Brunswick Lodge nursing home when an intruder stabbed her to death at 6.30am on December 31, 1997.
A homicide investigation revealed Mr Dupas had telephoned the nursing home and asked for Mrs Downes sometime before her murder.
The murder trial has been scheduled for January next year.
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