Overview

• Friends delivered statements in Victoria's Supreme Court as Stephen Fleming appeared by video after refusing to board the prison van.
• Justice Christopher Beale ordered Fleming to attend in person for sentencing on October 29.
• Prosecutors say Fleming killed 67-year-old Annette Brennan around July 1, 2024 and put her body in a green waste bin later found at an Epping waste facility.
• CCTV and forensic evidence linked Fleming to the disposal, including footage of him watching a rubbish pickup and his DNA on the bin and gloves.
• An autopsy could not determine how she died because the remains were badly damaged, and the defence says he is likely to be released in about a decade.