John Torney faces court following death of Cobram woman Emma Bates

A drug user has faced court accused of assaulting a woman in the days before she was found dead in northern Victoria. John Torney, 39, was charged after police found Cobram woman Emma Bates dead at a property in the Murray River town about 2.15pm on Tuesday. Victoria Police alleged the pair knew each other, and charged Torney with 13 offences including intentionally causing injury, several counts of assault and breaching a court order.

However, Magistrate Peter Dunn said it would be better handled at Shepparton, as that court had better custody facilities. Dunn said Torney would have to sit in a police van to wait for his matters to be called if it stayed in Cobram, whereas in Shepparton he could walk through an internal passage into the court room. Torney did not apply for bail and the magistrate remanded him in custody to next appear at the Shepparton court via video link on May 21.

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