The man charged with Fairy Meadow toddler Cheryl Grimmer’s murder may have been a boy of 16 at the time of his alleged offence, but senior Wollongong police say he will face court as an adult.
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Now 63, the man lived with his alleged offence for 47 years before being arrested in Frankson, in South Melbourne, this week.
With the man to face court on Friday, Wollongong crime manager Detective Inspector Brad Ainsworth along with other senior local police said the man would be “dealt with as an adult”.
“The law is that if they’re under 21 for an offence they commit as a juvenile they can in certain circumstances go before the children’s court, but obviously he is well over 21,” Det Insp Ainsworth said.
The man’s name is not able to be published due to a suppression order put in place in the Frankston Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
The order has been made on the grounds that publication of the man’s name would risk prejudicing court proceedings.