A homeless man accused of the murders of a pregnant woman and her partner in Melbourne’s east has smiled and winked in court
Police found the bodies of Athena Georgopoulos, 39, who was five months pregnant, and Andrew Gunn, 50, in a home on Adrienne Crescent in Mount Waverley about 10pm on Monday.
Gunn was found decapitated.
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Ross Judd, 34, was arrested in a blood-soaked shirt seven kilometres away at Westall Station just after 1.30am yesterday.
He was questioned by police and charged with two counts of murder overnight.
Judd, who has no fixed address, faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court today, where he made no application for bail.
The magistrate granted prosecutors a 10-week extension to prepare their initial briefing due to the complexity of the crime scene and abundance of evidence and DNA.
The court heard it was Ross Judd’s first time in custody and he needed to see a nurse for health concerns, but there was no reference to drug use or withdrawal.
He only spoke once to say he understood the magistrate.
He smiled and even winked at members of the media.
He was remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on January 13 next year.
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An extensive crime scene remains at the Mount Waverley home today, where graffitied phrases including “betrayal” and “karma has no menu” were seen scrawled across the exterior of the property.
Relatives of Georgopoulos have said that she was so happy to have fallen pregnant after believing she wouldn’t be able to.
Her mum Petty, who as seen arriving at the scene visibly distressed yesterday afternoon, took to social media today to pay tribute to her daughter.
“The last few days you were so happy. We were dreaming together about your little baby girl,” Petty wrote.
“I will never stop loving you. Until we meet again my little girl.”
The relationship between the accused and the victims is not known but police say it was a targeted attack.
Detectives are investigating whether a drug debt or a dispute over pet German Shepherds was the motive behind the killings.
Detective Inspector Dean Thomas said the man arrived at the home before the start of a dispute, which allegedly resulted in the two deaths.
“The message here is that it appears to be a targeted attack. Our suspect is known to the address,” Thomas alleged.
“We are not looking for anybody else. It appears to be isolated.”
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