Leonard John Warwick, accused of Family Court bombings in the 1980s, will make an application to be released on bail next week.
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Mr Warwick, 68, is charged with 32 offences, including four counts of murder, relating to seven attacks in Sydney between 1980 and 1985.
Police will allege that Mr Warwick targeted judges of the Family Court of Australia, a lawyer and citizens motivated by a bitter custody dispute with his ex-wife Andrea that was before the courts at the time.
The charges against Mr Warwick include the murder of his brother-in-law Stephen Blanchard, Family Court judge David Opas, Family Court judge Ray Watson's wife Pearl and a father-of-three Graham Wykes.
At a hearing in Central Local Court on Thursday, Mr Warwick did not appear via video link from the Metropolitan Reception and Remand Centre at Silverwater jail. He was represented by solicitor Eidan Havas.
Magistrate Les Mabbutt said a bail application would be heard on October 14.
The court was told the police statement runs to about 100 pages.
Mr Warwick was arrested on July 29 at a gym in Campbelltown. That afternoon dozens of police officers searched his home at Douglas Park and surrounds.
Following the arrest, Deputy Police Commissioner Nick Kaldas said significant new evidence would be put before a court, including historic evidence that has been "enhanced using technology that was probably not available 30 years ago".
This includes DNA evidence apparently linking Mr Warwick, a long-time prime suspect, to crime scenes and witness accounts that have strengthened circumstantial cases.
This adds to mountains of historic evidence gathered by a joint NSW and Australian Federal Police taskforce established in the 1980s to investigate the incidents.
It followed the decision by the NSW homicide squad to recommence their investigation into one of the most notorious crimes in the state - bombings and shootings in Sydney that claimed four lives and injured dozens of others between 1980 and 1985.