AAP General News (Australia)
04-18-2011
WA:Murder accused Mansell will apply for bail
PERTH, April 18 AAP - The man accused of murdering Perth millionaire Craig Puddy and
fleeing to Queensland will apply for bail while he awaits his trial.
Cameron Mansell, 38, will stand trial for murder in the WA Supreme Court on September 6.
In the Supreme Court on Monday, his lawyer Timothy Saayman said Mansell had a bail
application pending and would present it to the court "shortly".
Mansell was expected to apply to have a judge-only trial but is no longer pursuing
that option, Mr Saayman said.
Mansell is charged with murdering his former business partner Mr Puddy.
The 45-year-old millionaire disappeared from his luxury home in Perth's south in May last year.
His body has not been found, but Mansell's burnt-out four-wheel drive vehicle was discovered
in bushland within days of Mr Puddy's disappearance.
Mansell was questioned by police but he left WA, allegedly under an assumed name, after
he was released.
After a two-week manhunt, he was arrested while camping in a north Queensland rainforest
and extradited back to WA to face the murder charge.
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