Vic: Bail hearing adjourned to see if car boot victim lives

AAP General News (Australia)
04-07-2005
Vic: Bail hearing adjourned to see if car boot victim lives

A Melbourne magistrate has adjourned a bail hearing for a man charged with the attempted
murder of his wife to see whether she dies or survives her injuries.

Magistrate PAUL SMITH says if MARIA KORP dies, charges against her husband JOSEPH KORP
could be upgraded to murder.

Mrs KORP was found unconscious and near death in the boot of her car near Melbourne's
Shrine of Remembrance on February the 13th.

She remains in a vegetative state in The Alfred Hospital, where doctors say she has
little hope of recovery.

JOSEPH KORP and his former mistress TANIA HERMAN face charges including attempted murder
and conspiracy to murder.

KORP has appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court for the second day of his bail hearing.

Mr SMITH adjourned the bail hearing until May the 25th.

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KEYWORD: KORP (MELBOURNE)

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