TWO people accused of being accessories to the murder of Corey Power at Young have made representations to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
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Owen Fuller, 20, is accused of murdering 33-year-old Mr Power in Wombat Street on August 29, 2013.
His mate, 23-year-old Nathan Blundell, is charged with being an accessory before the fact of murder.
Both Blundell, and Fuller’s brother Thomas Charles McGill – who is charged with being an accessory after the fact of murder – have made approaches to the DPP, Wagga Local Court was told this week.
The nature of the representations was not revealed to magistrate Erin Kennedy.
She was asked to adjourn the cases until December 16 to give the DPP time to consider the defendants’ requests.
“I hope to have an answer to the representations by the 16th,” DPP solicitor, Rennae Gee said.
She said Blundell’s approach had come in late.
“It sounds like it is complex,” Ms Kennedy said after the second application for adjournment.
“It is, your honour,” Ms Gee replied.
The two requests had a snowball effect on the cases of Fuller and two other co-accused – Fuller’s mother Annette Heather Allen and Tamsin Paul.
Both women are charged with being accessories after the fact of murder.
Their cases were also adjourned until December 16 to keep all five matters together.
McGill, Allen and Paul are all on bail and made personal appearances in court on Wednesday.
Ms Kennedy explained the adjournment to them.
“There are two representations that need to be properly considered before the matter can progress further,” Ms Kennedy said.
Fuller’s legal representative, Hilary Russell, told Ms Kennedy her client did not wish to appear in court via video link with the prison where he is being kept.
Ms Russell said there was no objection to Fuller’s case being adjourned to December 16.
Blundell’s representative, Melanie Lim, said she did not require him to appear on screen.
Meanwhile, Allen has successfully applied to have her bail conditions relaxed.
Allen asked Ms Kennedy to delete a condition that she not be allowed to travel more than 50 kilometres from her residence.
The change in bail was not opposed by Ms Gee.