AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2010
Qld: Man charged with mum's murder returns home
CAIRNS, April 20 AAP - A man accused of murdering his mentally-ill elderly mother has
returned home after going missing a week ago.
Colin Wilson, 70, disappeared last Tuesday after leaving his Mareeba home for a regular
walk with friends.
Police launched a search of bushland near where he was last seen but could not find him.
On Monday night, Wilson's wife called police to say he'd returned home.
"Apart from being tired and dirty he appears to be in reasonably good health," Queensland
police said in a statement.
Police from Mareeba plan to speak to him on Tuesday.
Wilson is awaiting trial for the murder of his 92-year-old mother, Ida, in 2008.
The matter was mentioned in the Cairns Supreme Court last Monday, a day before Wilson
disappeared.
At his 2008 bail hearing, the court was told Wilson was "a devoted son" who killed
his mentally ill mother to end her suffering.
His wife and brothers and sister supported him in court and urged police and prosecutors
not to press charges against him.
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