Man pleads guilty to manslaughter of teacher found at Melbourne tip
Stephen Fleming formally entered a guilty plea to manslaughter in the Victorian supreme court on Thursday after he was originally charged with the murder of Annette Brennan.
He admitted to killing the 67-year-old English teacher at Coolaroo in Melbourne's north on 1 July 2024.
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Tip workers found Brennan's body while moving green waste at a facility in Epping on 3 July, the court was previously told.
Investigators believed her body was originally inside a domestic wheelie bin picked up outside a property in a nearby suburb the previous day. They identified the address as Hilgay Street in Coolaroo.
Fleming faced a sentence indication hearing on Tuesday but the court was closed to the media.
Details of the manslaughter were not read out during Thursday's brief arraignment hearing.
Justice Christopher Beale remanded Fleming in custody before his plea hearing in September.
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The killer only spoke to formally enter his plea of guilty.
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