Overview
- A directions hearing in the Supreme Court is scheduled for March 26 after Freeman elected to bypass a full committal.
- Freeman, 63, was charged in 2025 over the death of his wife, Melinda, who was found in a ransacked Whittlesea home in 1991.
- Prosecutors allege he fatally struck her with a blunt object between 6pm and 7:30pm before going to Kinglake with their son.
- Freeman has maintained he returned with his son to find the front door open and his wife's body on the top landing.
- He remains on bail on a $500,000 surety from his current wife with conditions that include not leaving Victoria, regular police reporting, and no contact with prosecution witnesses.