Overview

• At a Toowoomba Magistrates Court summary hearing on August 18, Robert John Crawford pleaded not guilty to allegedly breaching his night-time curfew in mid-June
• Police body-worn camera footage played in court showed officers knocking on his Upper Lockyer property at 1:55 am and deeming the lack of response “non-compliant”
• Crawford’s barrister Matt Jackson told the court his client was home and asleep during the check and cooperated with police in a follow-up interview
• Under cross-examination, an attending officer agreed he had not checked the registration of vehicles parked outside the property
• Crawford remains on strict bail without entering a plea to murder and interfering with a corpse as a committal hearing is set for October 2025 ahead of a trial in late 2026