VIC:Murder charge over body found in Vic

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2011
VIC:Murder charge over body found in Vic

MELBOURNE, April 27 AAP - A 22-year-old man has been charged with murder after a woman's
body was found in a house south of Melbourne.

Police discovered the body of a 54-year-old woman in Macedon Avenue, Dromana about
9am (AEST) on Wednesday.

Det Senior Sergeant Ron Iddles said the woman appeared to have been bashed with a blunt
instrument on Tuesday night.

"Two people heard a woman scream from the general direction of this house and heard
a male voice," he said.

Dwaine Grant of Dromana was charged with murder at an out-of-sessions court hearing
on Wednesday night.

He has been remanded in custody to appear at the Melbourne Magistrate's Court on Thursday.

AAP bm/jel

KEYWORD: HOMICIDE 2ND UPDATE

� 2011 AAP Information Services Pty Limited (AAP) or its Licensors.