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CLAREMONT: The Trial
by The West Australian
Ever since the shocking deaths of three young women in 1996 and 1997, the unanswered questions surrounding the Claremont serial killings have remained one of the biggest mysteries in WA history.Any hope of justice in the tragic deaths of Ciara Glennon, Sarah Spiers and Jane Rimmer seemed bleak for more than 20 years, with police coming unstuck and no sign of a breakthrough.That was until the arrest of Bradley Robert Edwards in 2016, who was subsequently charged with the trio's murders.For the past three years details about the allegations facing Mr Edwards have been in short supply as his case headed toward what has been dubbed the trial of the century.Now, we bring you in to the courtroom and walk you through all the revelations, allegations and talking points as the historic court case unfolds.Join our team of journalists and legal experts as we break down all the key information from the proceedings in Claremont: The Trial.
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S2E103: THE SENTENCING: 'Coward' Edwards likely to die in prison
After 20 years of hiding in plain sight, sadistic killer and brutal rapist Bradley Edwards will likely never leave jail and die without his freedom, after he was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of 40 years. If he makes it that long, he will be 88, taking into...
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S2Enigma of the Dark: Claremont the Trial LIVE
Join the Claremont in Conversation team in this special live event at the University of Western Australia. Hear stories never told in court, anecdotes from sitting days and opinions from the journalists who covered the mammoth seven-month trial. You'll also hear some details from Tim Clarke's…
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S2E102: How Long Could Edwards Stay Behind Bars?
Should Bradley Edwards be allowed to participate in rehabilitation programs in prison? Or should the prison just 'throw away the key'? Legal expert Damien Cripps joins Natalie Bonjolo in this last episode until the sentencing, discussing how Edwards might be sentenced, and answer some of your...
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S2E101: Inside the MACRO Taskforce
Former homicide detective Paul Ferguson has put away his fair share of bad guys. The retired police officer was in charge of the MACRO Taskforce when it was created, after Jane Rimmer disappeared in June 1996, but before that, he worked on, and helped catch one of WA's most infamous serial killer...
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S2E100: Dr DNA: The Man Behind the Breakthrough
Bradley Edwards hid in plain sight for more than two decades, but what he didn’t realise, was that he was just simply hidden, and that meant he could still be found. His DNA was found under Ciara Glennon’s fingernails. She fought for her life, and in that fight, she scratched her killer and hid a...
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S2E99: The Hollywood Hospital Victim: In Her Own Words
May 7, 1990 was the day that changed Wendy Davis’ life. A social worker at Hollywood Hospital, she was going about her day when Telstra worker and now convicted killer Bradley Edwards attacked her, grabbing her from behind and dragged her back towards some toilets. But she fought him off, and her...
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S2E98: Inside the Mind of a Killer
Bradley Edwards will 'never' reveal the location of Sarah Spiers. That’s according to leading forensic anthropologist and criminologist Dr Xanthe Mallett. In this episode of Claremont in Conversation: The Verdict, we take you inside the mind of a killer. Joined by forensic DNA expert Brendan...
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S2E97: The Verdict Analysis with Tom Percy
Bradley Robert Edwards killed Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon. Over the last two days, we’ve heard from the families of those two young, vibrant women taken too soon, their grief unimaginable as their daughters’ killer has been unmasked. But for the family of another young and vibrant daughter,...
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S2E96: Justice delivered: THE VERDICT
The Claremont Killer has been revealed. Bradley Robert Edwards terrorised Perth for two decades, he sparked fear into the hearts of people in Claremont and tore apart families. As WA’s Police Commissioner said outside court today, “Bradley Edwards can now be called for what he is - a brutal…
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S2Bonus Episode: The Moment of Truth upon Us
Is Bradley Robert Edwards guilty or not guilty? Only one person knows what the answer to that question is, and he’s taken 12 weeks to make it. But on Thursday September 24, the world will find out. Justice Stephen Hall has the weight of two decades of fear, mystery and grief on his shoulders, and...
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S2Bonus Episode: What's Next?
95 trial days and 95 episodes (plus a few bonus ones) later, WA's trial of the century has officially come to a close. The trial has been harrowing at times, it's been informative and eye-opening, but ultimately heartbreaking for the families and the three women who's lives were tragically taken...
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S2E95: It’s Up to Justice Hall Now
Everything’s been said, the evidence is out in the open and now Justice Hall has a massive task ahead of him. After 95 days and more than 200 witnesses, WA’s trial of the century - the Claremont Serial Killings trial has come to a close, with the defence finishing their closing statement with the...
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S2E94: The Closing Statements: A New Alibi
On Day 94 of the trial, and the fourth day of Paul Yovich’s closing statements, the defence focussed on Ciara Glennon’s disappearance. The court had previously been told the night the she disappeared, the accused Claremont Serial Killer Bradley Edwards was supposed to be in Dawesville seeing...
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S2E93: The Closing Statements: Mr Edwards ‘Should be Acquitted’ of Killing Sarah
Paul Yovich told the court Sarah Spiers was the victim of a grave crime, but Bradley Edwards didn’t commit that crime. Making sure to tell the court he didn’t “intend to trivialise Ms Spiers’ death, or disrespect her. Quite the contrary.” He told the court Sarah Spiers was the victim of a grave...
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S2E92: The Closing Statements: “If He Wanted to Kill Her, She’d be Dead”
The defence told court today that Bradley Edwards did not intend to kill his rape victim. That he planned his attack carefully and carried it out efficiently, but murder was not in that plan. During their closing statements, the prosecution said the Telstra worker intended to kill his rape…
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S2E91: The Closing Statements: “If the DNA Evidence isn’t Proven, the Whole Case Falls Over”
In this episode, the Claremont in Conversation podcast team are joined by leading Perth criminal QC Tom Percy, who weighs in on the defence case, or lack of, and the seemingly new information which came out in the closing statements. In relation to the defence’s case, Tom Percy said, “You find…
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S2E90: The Closing Statements: "Bradley Robert Edwards, we say, is the Claremont serial killer.”
The final words of prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo as she wrapped up 7 months of evidence left Tim Clarke saying she believed she could say with authority: "Physical evidence can't be intimidated and it can't forget.” "It sits there and it waits to be preserved, detected, evaluated and examined.”…
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S2E89: The Closing Statements: When Preparation met Opportunity
Ruthless, efficient, calculating. That’s how prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo described Bradley Edwards when recapping the crimes he’s alleged to have committed, as well as the ones he’s admitted to. She said his MO was to be prepared to take any opportunity, and that he would create those...
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S2E88: The Closing Statements: Was he just a Rapist, or a Rapist and a Murderer?
A disturbing and graphic picture of Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon’s final hours was painted to the court on the second full day of the prosecution’s closing statements. Prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo told the court it was likely Ciara Glennon was overpowered by her attacker and forced into the...
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S2E87: The Closing Statements: The DNA Points to Him
Without any distractions or delays, Day 87 of WA’s trial of the century began. Bradley Edwards’ DNA was found with Ciara Glennon’s fingernail samples because she fought for her life, scratching or gouging at her attacker moments before her death. That was according to the prosecution during…
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S2E86: "When the Normal Meets the Abnormal”: The Closings Begin
The lead prosecutor - looking under the weather soldiered on during the beginning of her closing statements on day 86 of the Claremont Serial Killings trial, but it didn’t last long - just an hour, in fact. As Tim Clarke said, the only thing in worse health than Carmel Barbagallo was the video...
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S2“Public Health Concern” Delays Trial Resumption
On the day that was supposed to see the closing statements of WA’s trial of the century to begin, an 11th-hour decision was made to delay proceedings for 24-hours, due to sickness. As Tim Clarke explains in this episode, the WA Courts said a “public health concern” was the reason for the delay....
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S2Bonus Episode: Remembering Jane
Jane Rimmer was a happy, vibrant 23-year-old childcare worker, just starting out in life. She loved her family, her friends, and she liked to have a good time with them. And it was on June 8, 1996 that she decided to go out to have a few drinks with her friends in Claremont. That was the last…
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S2E85: The Case End
“Brace yourself, Bradley,” is what Detective Senior Sergeant Joe Marrapodi said to Bradley Edwards during the final part of his police interview. He was telling Mr Edwards to brace himself, because they had the DNA results back - from a swab he gave to detectives around 12 hours earlier. “The...
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S2E84: The Police Interview
Day 84 was the day the court heard directly from Bradley Edwards, through his police interview, recorded after his arrest in 2016. Today, we heard his response, as he was told he was accused as being the Claremont Serial Killer. “I just want to go to sleep and to wake up and for this to all be a...
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S2E83: “The Most Significant Piece of Evidence the Prosecution is Going to Bring”
In this episode, the podcast team look ahead into the evidence which has been anticipated for weeks - Bradley Edwards police interview - which Damien Cripps said gives ‘shivers down his spine’ in anticipation of the video to be played to the court, and is expected to be “the most significant…
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S2E82: Claremont "Too Much Trouble" For Cab Drivers
As the court waited for a reasonable time in the UK to video call Dr Ray Palmer for his final day giving evidence, two witness statements were read into the court. One of them was from a former Perth taxi driver, who said he avoided Claremont, and preferred to drive in Northbridge because…
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S2E81: “Very Strong” Chance Ciara Glennon was in Bradley Edwards’ Car
The state’s key fibre expert has detailed how the combination of fibres and the types of fibres found in Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon’s hair, as well as critical fibres no matched for their personal items, led him to believe it was more likely the two murdered women were in the Car Bradley…
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S2E80: Another Woman’s Terrifying Encounter
Day 80 of the Claremont Serial Killings trial sat late to accomodate an expert witness from overseas. But before Dr Ray Palmer gave evidence, the defence asked the prosecution to call up a witness. This witness gave a terrifying account of her encounter with a man in a white van who she accepted…
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S2E79: The Mammoth Evidence
After spending nine days on the stand, Chem Centre scientist Rees Powell finally wrapped up his evidence on day 79 of the Claremont Serial Killings trial. It was during the end of his evidence-in-chief that it was revealed not only were fibres from the bodies of Ciara Glennon and Jane Rimmer...
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S2E78: Pre-Murder Fibres No Match to Post-Murder Fibres
**BREAKING: We’ve received a last-minute email from the WA court, there will be no Claremont Trial tomorrow (Friday April 24), court will resume on Tuesday, after the Anzac Day long weekend*** Fibres from anywhere and everywhere the victims went, alive and dead were tested by Chem Centre to try…
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S2E77: The Pristine Hair Sample
For the first time, the court was shown a picture of a pristine hair sample, which was never touched before RH17 was the hair sample taken from Ciara Glennon when her body was found in bushland off Pipidinny road in Eglington on April 3, 1997. This hair sample is so important because it was taken...
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S2E76: The FBI Petri dish Which Allegedly Links a Rape and a Murder
Tiny strands of Ciara Glennon’s hair were sent to the FBI in 1999. Those hair strands in a Petri dish have become vital in the prosecution’s case - allegedly linking Ciara Glennon to the Karrakatta rape victim, and both of them to Telstra shorts, the like Bradley Edwards used to wear as a...
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S2E75: The First Physical Evidence Linking Jane and Ciara
One slide of two microscopic fibres compared to each other shown to the court on day 75. That’s the first piece of physical evidence in the trial - 5 months in - that forensically links Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon. The blue polyester fibres, found on Ciara’s shirt and in Jane Rimmer’s hair were...
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S2E74: The Karrakatta Rape Victim, Jane and Ciara Connected Through a Blue Fibre
During day 74’s evidence, the court heard that Ciara’s hair mass was split into 16 sections, and was meticulously examined for 17 days at Chem Centre. During his fourth day on the stand, Chem Centre scientist Rees Powell was again giving evidence, today focussed on the 41 critical fibres found on...
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S2E73: The 1000 Fibres Found in Jane’s Hair
The sheer lengths ChemCentre scientists went to, to test the MACRO exhibits were again showed during the day’s evidence. After Jane’s hair was separated, run under a polilight, tweezed, shoock and looked over many times to find fibres, another method was used to try and find more. Her hair mass…
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S2E72: The Moment the Forensics linked Ciara and Jane’s Murders
Although the MACRO taskforce had investigated Jane, Ciara and Sarah’s disappearances together since the moment Jane went missing, but before 2012, there was no physical evidence linking the murders. On Day 72 of the Claremont Serial Killings trial, a ChemCentre scientist recounted the moment the...
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S2E71: Looking For a Needle in a Haystack
Today in court we found out a world-first fibre database was created specifically for the Claremont Serial Killings trial, which led to a ground breaking new way of investigating fibres now used as the standard method of fibre matching. The scientists who were testing the fibres found in Jane...
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S2E70: Fabric Under Scrutiny
That crucial Telstra Blue fibre was again under the spotlight on day 70 of the Claremont Serial Killings trial, this time by the defence. Joined by prominent Perth criminal defence lawyer Tom Percy QC, the podcast team discuss what the defence will try to argue to place enough reasonable doubt in...
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S2E69: Telstra Blue
Telstra Blue. The fibre that delayed the trial of the century for more than four months. And it’s the fibre which the prosecution say was found in Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon’s hair. A piece of material, from a pair of Telstra pants which were used in 1996 and 1997 was tested as late as May…
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S2E68: The Good Old Fashion Police Work that Changed WA History
The police officer who went digging for the fingerprints that would blow the Claremont Serial Killings investigation wide open give his evidence today. Sgt Colin Stuart Beck took the stand to tell his massive involvement in one of WA’s most infamous cold cases, how his good old fashioned police...
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S2E67: The Trial Travels to China
With a video link to China, technical difficulties plagued the morning’s proceedings. When the technical issues were sorted, day 67 took a deep dive into fibres, VIN numbers and cars. Tim Clarke says in this episode, you would have had to be a car buff for the day’s evidence to keep you…
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S2E66: The Last Thing Jane and Ciara Could Have Ever Seen
Could the inside of the Holden Commodore VS series be the last thing Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon ever saw before they were killed? It was revealed CSI took three days to dismantle and examine the Holden Commodore that Bradley Edwards drove in 1996 and 1997. Hundreds of exhibits were taken from...
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S2E65: The Car Seizure that Changed the Investigation
The police officer who seized the car Bradley Edwards drove in the 90s told the court of the breakthrough police had when they realised the car still existed. That car was the Holden Commodore seized in December 2016 - the same day Bradley Edwards was arrested. It’s been revealed it was the car...
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S2E64: The Sensitive Operation
On Day 64 of the Claremont Serial Killings trial, two forensic police officers detailed how they painstakingly sifted through Jane Rimmer’s hair mass 13 years after her post-mortem. It was a sensitive operation for two reasons. After being in frozen storage for more than a decade, Jane’s hair…
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S2E63: The Trial Must Go On
Despite the coronavirus outbreak, the judge presiding over the Claremont Serial Killings trial, Justice Hall effectively told the court on day 63 that the trial must go on. At the end of the shortened day for the cross examination of former forensic police officer Victor Webb, Justice Hall told…
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S2E62: Prime Suspect’s Knife Sent to the FBI
Just as day 62 of the Claremont serial killings trial was ending, drama erupted in the courtroom. Coronavirus-related drama. Justice Hall hauled a security staff member into the courtroom after it emerged some pensioners and students were banned from entering the court. He told the security their...
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S2E61: The FBI Connection
WA’s trial of the century will likely take a couple of days off each week in an effort to try and limit the amount of time the lawyers, witnesses and police are in the room. It’s been a fast changing process of how this important trial can continue through the COVID-19 crisis, all the players are...
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S2E60: Unlike DNA, Fibres CAN Fly Around the Room
After a 10-day break, WA’s trial of the century resumed - with strict and widespread cleaning and social distancing measures to ensure this mammoth trial can continue. Compared to previously in the trial - when the public gallery was packed to the point a separate room was set aside for overflow…
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S2Bonus Episode: Your DNA Questions Answered
Now the DNA portion of the trial is over, and before we delve into the world of fibre evidence, the Claremont in Conversation team have consolidated all of the DNA evidence which is crucial to the case. Ciara Glennon’s fingernails, the Karrakatta rape victim’s swabs and a kimono - the three…
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Ever since the shocking deaths of three young women in 1996 and 1997, the unanswered questions surrounding the Claremont serial killings have remained one of the biggest mysteries in WA history.Any hope of justice in the tragic deaths of Ciara Glennon, Sarah Spiers and Jane Rimmer seemed bleak for more than 20 years, with police coming unstuck and no sign of a breakthrough.That was until the arrest of Bradley Robert Edwards in 2016, who was subsequently charged with the trio's murders.For the past three years details about the allegations facing Mr Edwards have been in short supply as his case headed toward what has been dubbed the trial of the century.Now, we bring you in to the courtroom and walk you through all the revelations, allegations and talking points as the historic court case unfolds.Join our team of journalists and legal experts as we break down all the key information from the proceedings in Claremont: The Trial.
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