Overview

• Ross Judd, 34, has been charged with two counts of murder over the deaths of 39-year-old Athena Georgopoulos and 50-year-old Andrew Gunn and was remanded in custody at his first court appearance.
• The accused made no application for bail when he appeared at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court and is due back before the court in January.
• Prosecutors secured an extended period to prepare their initial brief owing to the complexity of the crime scene and the volume of DNA and other forensic evidence.
• Homicide detectives are examining graffiti scrawled on the Adrienne Crescent unit—bearing words like “karma,” “betrayal” and “enough is enough”—for potential links to the targeted attack.
• Post-mortem examinations have been delayed in part because Georgopoulos was five months pregnant, and investigators await coroner confirmation on reported mutilation details.