By Aneeka Simonis
REMOTE witness facilities will be used to hear evidence from additional witnesses prepared to testify in the Kylie Blackwood murder case.
Scott Alan Murdoch, 38, from Morwell appeared from jail via video link at the County Court of Victoria on Tuesday 30 August.
Murdoch has been ordered to start a five-day contested committal hearing on 1 May next year.
Two additional witnesses will provide evidence from remote facilities on the fourth day of the hearing, the court heard.
A third will provide DNA evidence.
Prosecutors earlier told the court 80 witnesses have provided information about Kylie’s death and about 20 witnesses were expected to give evidence.
At the committal mention on Tuesday 16 August, the court also heard that the accused’s DNA was allegedly found on Kylie’s clothing.
Kylie’s body was discovered in her McCaffrey Rise, Pakenham home by her twin daughters on 1 August 2013.
Murdoch was arrested and charged with murder in April this year after the release of CCTV footage showing a car driving in Kylie’s neighbourhood the day she was killed.
The outcome of the May 2017 hearing will determine whether the case goes to trial.
