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Bail bid refused for murder accused
Monday, 01 September 2008
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BAIL DENIED: Ashley Peach, accused of the murder of Kerry Leigh Downey, appears in Christchurch District Court this morning.

A bid for release on electronically monitored bail by murder accused Ashley Donald Peach was refused by Judge John Strettell in Christchurch District Court today.

At the request of crown prosecutor Brent Stanaway, details of the discussion at the bail hearing were suppressed when 41-year-old Peach was remanded in custody to September 8.

He is accused of the murder of Kerry Leigh Downey, 52, who disappeared on August 18 while on a cat rescue call-out in Upper Riccarton.

Her body was later found on the Port Hills by an early morning walker.

Peach is also charged with the theft of a Cats Protection League cat cage.

- NZPA


Further remand for cat rescue worker murder accused
NZPA | Monday, 08 September 2008

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A Christchurch man accused of murdering cat rescue worker Kerry Leigh Downey three weeks ago was remanded for a pre-depositions conference next week when he appeared in Christchurch District Court today.

Ashley Donald Peach, aged 41, from Upper Riccarton, has entered no plea to murder and a charge he originally faced of stealing a Cats' Protection League cat cage worth $50, the Christchurch Court News website reported.

Defence counsel David Stringer said he had not yet received any substantial disclosure from police of paperwork relating to evidence in the case.

He hoped this would be made available to him before the pre-depositions conference on September 18.

It is possible that a date for depositions will be set at that hearing.

Miss Downey, 52, was out on cat rescue work when she disappeared on August 18 and her body was later found by a walker on the Port Hills.

Her car was left abandoned in Neville Street, Spreydon.

Judge Raoul Neave continued a suppression order preventing publication of the details of discussions at a bail application made a week ago by Peach.