RELEASED: Alan Leahy, accused of murdering his wife Julie-Anne and her friend Vicki Arnold, has been released on bail to return to live in Perth. Picture: Marc McCormack Source: The Cairns Post
ACCUSED double murderer Alan Leahy has been granted bail by a Supreme Court judge in far north Queensland to live in WA, three days after he surrendered to police.
Qld State coroner Michael Barnes committed Leahy earlier this month to stand trial over the deaths of his wife Julie-Anne Leahy and her friend Vicki Arnold more than 20 years ago.
It is now up to the Director of Public Prosecutions to decide whether Leahy will be tried.
Leahy, who has been living in Western Australia, handed himself in at Cairns Police Station on Friday afternoon, just in time to meet the coroner's deadline.
In the Cairns Supreme Court today, Justice James Henry granted Leahy bail but imposed a number of conditions.
Accused 'must live in Perth'
He must live in Perth but is allowed to travel between states for business.
He may not contact a key witness, Julie-Anne Leahy's younger sister, or apply for a passport, and must report to police weekly.
Justice Henry said he was satisfied Leahy was not a flight risk as he had cooperated with authorities during each of the three inquests into the deaths and had surrendered voluntarily to police.
He said the coroner's findings ``tended to reflect consistently with the observation that this can't conceivably be considered a strong case''.
Leahy, who wore black trousers, a colourful shirt and thongs, smiled and shook his lawyer's hand after the judge made his decision.
In a written statement, Leahy said the coroner had made a number of errors and his findings would be the subject of a judicial review.
``I again categorically deny any involvement in the deaths of Julie-Anne and Vicki,'' he said.
His son, Alan junior, told media outside court that his father had always told him the coroner's original finding - that it was a murder-suicide - was correct.
The bodies of Julie-Anne Leahy and Vicki Arnold were found in a four-wheel drive in remote bush on the Atherton Tablelands near Cairns on August 9, 1991.
Mr Barnes overturned previous coronial findings that the women died in a murder-suicide.
He was able to commit Leahy to stand trial as the inquest was heard under the Coroners Act 1958, not the 2003 version now in place.
Leahy made no comment to reporters as he left court.
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