QLD: Full inquest being considered into Singh triple murder

AAP General News (Australia)
04-16-2006
QLD: Full inquest being considered into Singh triple murder

BRISBANE, April 16 AAP - The Queensland coroner will meet with police to discuss the
possibility of a full coronial inquest into an unsolved triple murder.

The bodies of Sidhi Singh, 12, her brother Kunal, 18, and sister Neelma, 24, were found
in a spa bath at their Bridgeman Downs home in Brisbane's north on April 22, 2003.

They were found by Neelma's former boyfriend Max Sica who had let himself in through a back door.

It is believed they were murdered over Easter while their parents were in Fiji.

State Coroner Michael Barnes told the Sunday Mail newspaper he would soon meet with
police "with a view to making a decision as to whether an inquest will be held".

"I will, of course, have regard to anything the superintendent has to say as to whether
an inquest will be a help or hindrance to the criminal investigation," he said.

The coroner has had an open file on the Singh murders since police reported them in 2003.

The siblings were murdered in their beds, before their bodies were dumped in the spa
at their luxury home making it difficult to pinpoint an exact time of death.

Police have refused to reveal how the siblings were killed, but it is understood they
were either stabbed or bludgeoned to death.

Mr Sica, a convicted arsonist, publicly outed himself soon after the deaths, saying
he was the obvious prime suspect in the case.

He denies any involvement in the murders.

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KEYWORD: SINGH

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