Qld: Man faces court for murder of elderly man

AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-2007
Qld: Man faces court for murder of elderly man

(EDS: Replacing earlier story and removing reference to confession which was not said in court)





A man's faced court charged with the murder of a 72-year-old man north of Brisbane.

27 year old WAYNE ROCKY COOMBES faced Caboolture Magistrates Court this morning charged
with the murder of LEO JOHN COUTTS .. who was shot dead in his Male Street house at Caboolture
on October 12.

COOMBES was not required to enter a plea and was remanded in custody to reappear on February 6.

The court's been told he's also facing four counts of rape stemming from another incident.

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KEYWORD: COUTTS (BRISBANE)

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