No emotion as Kieran Loveridge, accused of killing Thomas Kelly, faces court
Peter Bodkin
The Daily Telegraph
July 25, 2012 10:31AM
THERE were no tears this morning from the man accused of killing 18-year-old Thomas Kelly as a court was told he could expect to spend at least the next two months in custody.
Kieran Loveridge, 18, of Seven Hills, was arrested and charged with murder last week following the bashing death of the 18-year-old accounting cadet early this month.
During his brief second appearance in Burwood Court this morning, there was no sign of the emotion the teen showed during his visit to the courtroom last week - when he appeared to cry as he sat in the dock for the first time.
Loveridge rocked from side to side in his chair and looked straight into the camera as he appeared in court on a video screen from Silverwater prison, where he has been held since his last court visit.
His lawyer previously flagged a bail application for the 18-year-old, but the bid was withdrawn this morning.
Loveridge will now remain in custody until at least his next scheduled appearance in Central Local Court on September 20.
He was arrested and charged last week with the murder of Mr Kelly, who suffered critical head injuries and later died in hospital after he was taken off life support.
Mr Kelly had been on his first night out in the Kings Cross nightclub district when he was allegedly attacked just after 10pm.
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Police claim Loveridge also attacked three other males in just over an hour in various spots around the entertainment precinct.
He was identified as the person who allegedly "king hit" Mr Kelly after CCTV footage taken from the area was analysed and an anonymous caller tipped off police with his name.
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Not to be outdone, Cousin Corey also spreading the love... ..........
Loveridge CousinAccused of Murder
By Vincent Morello,
Updated July 24,
2012, 3:52 pm
Corey Loveridge and a mate murdered a 17-year-old boy in a random street attack hours after he said he wanted "to stab and kill someone tonight", court documents allege.
Loveridge, 18, and his 17-year-old mate repeatedly kicked and stabbed the boy until he fell to the ground in a Sydney street, the documents say.
The two teenagers allegedly committed the murder on the same night they allegedly bashed an 87-year-old woman in a violent home invasion.
The court documents say the pair broke the woman's own walking stick over her head and kicked and punched her after she fell to the ground.
In Penrith Local Court on Tuesday, magistrate Annette Sinclair committed Loveridge to stand trial in the Supreme Court on September 14 in Sydney.
Corey Loveridge and his co-accused allegedly attacked the boy, his brother and stepbrother in Maple Road, North St Marys, in Sydney's west, about 3.20am (AEDT) on December 1, 2010.
The victim's brothers assumed he had escaped with them but returned to find him bleeding in the gutter.
He died on the way to hospital.
Less than two hours earlier, police say Elena Parrelli, 87, awoke to find the pair at the rear of her house before she was beaten so badly she could not walk..
During her attack, she activated her "VitalCall" necklace, which recorded yelling and threats of "We'll f***ing kill you" and "Where's the money, motherf****r?"
Corey Loveridge was arrested a day later at Parramatta railway station while buying a bus ticket to South Australia where his father lives.
He is also charged with telling a family member during a phone conversation from Silverwater jail to recruit someone to "bash the f**k out of Billy".
"Billy" is an associate of the accused and is a crown witness.
Loveridge also sent a letter from custody to two cousins telling them to "shut there (sic) mouths", court documents allege.
He is the cousin of Kieran Loveridge, 18, who was charged last week with the bashing murder of Thomas Kelly, 18, and the assault of three other young males in Kings Cross in just over an hour on the night of July 7.
Kieran Loveridge is expected to apply for bail in Burwood Local Court on Wednesday.
His 17-year-old friend remains in custody for bashing a Channel Nine cameraman outside the same court where Kieran appeared last week.
