NSW: Bail refused for trio charged over man's murder

AAP General News (Australia)
12-08-2008
NSW: Bail refused for trio charged over man's murder

CANBERRA, Dec 8 AAP - One of three family members charged over the death of a man found
at the bottom of the Queanbeyan River will give birth while in jail after being refused
court bail.

Danny Ralph, 46, was found in the river, below a blood-stained suspension bridge, by
police divers in March this year.

Benjamin Wayne Holcroft, 25, has been charged with his murder.

Teneeka Waine Beaudean, 20, and Kodie Rozilannie Beaudean, 50, have been charged with
being accessaries after the fact.

The three accused are all from Queanbeyan.

They did not apply for bail on Monday in Queanbeyan Local Court and it was formally refused.

Police prosecutor Rod Gordon told the court it would take more than six weeks to prepare
the brief of evidence because there was "a lot of forensic evidence and a lot of listening
device evidence".

Holcroft will apply for bail at Goulburn Local Court on December 17.

His two co-accused may apply for bail at a later stage but were remanded in custody
until early February by Magistrate Brian Van Zuylen.

Teneeka Beaudean's lawyer Rosemary Benet said her client was eight months pregnant
and due to give birth in early January.

Police believe Mr Ralph, a chef from Ulladulla on the NSW's south coast, was beaten
before being pushed off the bridge.

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