Overview
- Ross Judd, 35, appeared via videolink from Melbourne Assessment Prison and repeatedly insisted he is innocent, saying in court, "he stole my dog, my money."
- Magistrate Tim Schocker told Judd to speak with his lawyers, and the accused has not entered a formal plea.
- Defence sought an adjournment to await a report from forensic psychiatrist Andrew Carroll, which is expected in March.
- Judd remains remanded in custody, with the matter next listed for March 31 at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court.
- Judd is charged with the August 11 deaths of Athena Georgopoulos, 39 and five months pregnant, and Andrew Gunn, 50; he was arrested hours later at Westall station, and police earlier cited complex DNA work in seeking delays.