‘He snapped’: Accused killer to stand trial after friend reveals text messages
Keith Lees, 73, will stand trial for the 1997 death of his girlfriend Meaghan Louise Rose, whose body was found at the base of a cliff on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, after a friend testified he told her he 'snapped' around the time of the incident. The case, originally ruled a suicide, was reopened by cold case detectives nearly 30 years later. Text messages and testimony from acquaintance Michelle Burke formed key evidence during the committal hearing.
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