Overview

• Parkes Local Court was told negotiations are advanced yet "fragile," with prosecutors estimating the agreed facts are about 90% complete.
• The matter was adjourned to Forbes Local Court for November 3, with the magistrate directing counsel to attend in person and the accused to appear via audio link.
• Daniel Billings remains in custody in Goulburn’s supermax unit and has not entered a plea.
• Billings faces 17 charges, including murder, multiple sexual assault counts, AVO breaches, stalking, property damage and animal cruelty, with additional serious charges filed in December 2024.
• The case intensified scrutiny of NSW bail practices after Billings was released on registrar-granted bail two weeks before the alleged killing, leading to reforms including a specialist bail division.