Claremont serial killings trial podcast: The Most Significant Piece of Evidence the Prosecution is Going to Bring

• Court to hear police interview of Bradley Robert Edwards for the first time

Criminal defence lawyer Damien Cripps referred to it “the most significant piece of evidence the prosecution is going to bring” to the Claremont serial killings trial.

That evidence is Bradley Robert Edwards’ police interview and it is expected to be played in court tomorrow.

Ahead of that highly anticipated day in court, Day 83 saw a piece of evidence that was hotly objected by defence lawyer Paul Yovich - before the evidence was even heard.

The statistics on unsolved murders and missing persons in WA was deemed ‘irrelevant’ by the defence, but despite that, the prosecution was allowed to proceed by Justice Hall.

The court was told that police found more than 1500 unsolved cases including murders, attempted murders, dangerous driving causing deaths between 1994 and 1997.

When they filtered those down by suburb, six unsolved murders were in the Western Suburbs, which includes Claremont. Three of those have had suspects who have been charged, convicted and acquitted.

The only three left over were Sarah Spiers, Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon.

The court also heard a similar process was performed on long-term missing persons cases in WA.

Now the fibre evidence has finished, the prosecution read in several witness statements.

One of those was yet another woman has recounted a disturbing and frightening encounter with a white car around the Claremont area in the mid-90s.

She had been walking home alone after walking from Claremont to Cottesloe - around a 20-minute walk - when she said a white car stalked her, including following her on the footpath at one point.

She said shows very frightened, and ran across the road to the medium strip, where she

As discussed in this episode, it’s not to say that these events are directly related to Bradley Edwards, but as Tim Clarke discusses, the prosecution has been allowed to tell these witness’ stories to ‘paint a picture’ of what was happening, and the feeling around the area in the 90s.

Other witness statements included former FBI agents, scientists and police officers.

The West Australian has also released a two-part video series, as Tim Clarke takes you through the areas which are key to the trial, from Claremont, where the women went missing, to Hollywood hospital and to the sites were Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon’s bodies were found.

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The West Australian has also released a two-part video series, as Tim Clarke takes you through the areas which are key to the trial, from Claremont, where the women went missing, to Hollywood hospital and to the sites were Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon’s bodies were found.

To watch those videos, head to:

Part 1 and Part Two