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February 21st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda A man accused of murdering Melbourne woman Elisabeth Membrey more than 17 years ago recently told an acquaintance she had her throat cut and her body would never be found, a trial has heard.
Shane Andrew Bond, 45, told that person there had been “dramas” with a girl in Melbourne and he “got rid of her”, the Victorian Supreme Court heard on Tuesday.
Bond was allegedly seen arguing with Ms Membrey three times on the last day she was seen alive and arrived home bloodied early the next morning, his murder trial was told.
Ms Membrey was last seen leaving the Manhattan Hotel in Melbourne’s east, where she worked as bartender, on December 6, 1994.
Her body has never been found.
Bond has pleaded not guilty to Ms Membrey’s murder.
In his opening address, Senior Crown Prosecutor Geoffrey Horgan SC said Ms Membrey was attacked in her Bedford Road, Ringwood, home by Bond, probably early on December 7, 1994.
During the attack her blood spilled on the floor, carpet and walls.
Bond then wrapped Ms Membrey in her doona and took her in her own car to a location where he disposed of the body, Mr Horgan told the jury.
Bond was seen by his housemate returning home about 5.30am on December 7, 1994, covered in blood, the court heard.
He told the housemate he’d had an epileptic fit and bit his tongue.
Bond had made admissions to people about Ms Membrey’s disappearance, Mr Horgan said.
The court was told an acquaintance reported Bond had said: “When I was in Melbourne there was this girl. There were dramas and I took her home, took care of it, and got rid of her.”
Most recently, while awaiting trial, Bond protested his innocence to an acquaintance, and the acquaintance responded that it would be a good thing if they found Ms Membrey’s body, the court heard.
Bond allegedly replied: “They’ll never find her f***ing body.”
He told the same person that she hadn’t hit her head on a coffee table at all but she “had had her throat cut in the hallway”.
On the last day she was seen alive witnesses saw Ms Membrey arguing with a man fitting Bond’s description three times, the jury heard.
Mr Horgan said the prosecution contended that the person she was arguing with on all three occasions was Bond.
Bond’s barrister Michael O’Connell SC said there were a number of people who could have killed Ms Membrey.
“Shane Bond’s response to these allegations is that he did not murder Elisabeth Membrey, he did not kill her, and he had nothing to do with her disappearance or death,” he said.
Mr O’Connell will continue his opening address on Wednesday.
Ms Membrey, 22, had recently completed her studies at La Trobe University and hoped to become a TV or newspaper journalist.
Mr Horgan described her as an attractive and vivacious young woman.
The trial before Justice Terry Forrest is expected to run for about three months.
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