Overview
- Magistrate Michael Maher adjourned the Forbes Local Court matter to November 14 after defence lawyer Diane Elston said a required face-to-face meeting was prevented by Corrective Services NSW industrial action and lockdowns.
- Daniel Billings remains in custody in the highest-security wing at Goulburn Correctional Centre in southern NSW.
- Billings faces 17 charges including murder, aggravated sexual assault, multiple counts of stalking and intimidation, property damage, and a recently added animal cruelty charge laid on October 27.
- Tony Ticehurst voiced fresh frustration outside court and said he had asked local MP Phil Donato to raise the repeated delays with the NSW attorney-general.
- The case has not been transferred to the Supreme Court, and the prolonged timeline follows earlier scrutiny of bail decisions that prompted NSW reforms to registrar bail powers, show-cause thresholds and electronic monitoring.