Man pleads guilty to manslaughter of teacher found at Melbourne tip
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Version 0 of 1. Stephen Fleming admits killing 67-year-old Annette Brennan at Coolaroo on 1 July 2024 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A man has admitted to killing a teacher whose body was found at a tip in Melbourne’s north. Stephen Fleming formally entered a guilty plea to manslaughter in the Victorian supreme court on Thursday after he was originally charged with the murder of Annette Brennan. He admitted to killing the 67-year-old English teacher at Coolaroo in Melbourne’s north on 1 July 2024. Sign up: AU Breaking News email Tip workers found Brennan’s body while moving green waste at a facility in Epping on 3 July, the court was previously told. Investigators believed her body was originally inside a domestic wheelie bin picked up outside a property in a nearby suburb the previous day. They identified the address as Hilgay Street in Coolaroo. Fleming faced a sentence indication hearing on Tuesday but the court was closed to the media. Details of the manslaughter were not read out during Thursday’s brief arraignment hearing. Justice Christopher Beale remanded Fleming in custody before his plea hearing in September. Sign up to Breaking News Australia Get the most important news as it breaks after newsletter promotion The killer only spoke to formally enter his plea of guilty. |