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NEWS: Exclusive footage of Gerard Baden-Clay handcuffed and taken into Roma Street watchhouse
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IT lasted about a minute – and he had his back to the public gallery the whole time – but the husband of murdered Brisbane mother Allison Baden-Clay made his first court appearance charged with her murder yesterday.
Gerard Baden-Clay spent his first night in jail at the prison medical facility last night where he was to have a health check before being placed in a 4m by 3m cell.
Arrested and charged with murder on Wednesday, the real estate agent spent his first night in custody at a Brisbane police watch house before being taken to court and then to prison. It was standing room only when Baden-Clay entered courtroom number 3 at Brisbane’s Roma St complex before a room filled with media, lawyers and other interested observers.
Turning his back to the gallery, Baden-Clay was perched on the end of the bench seat in the dock and continued looking straight ahead at magistrate Liz Hall.
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The father-of-three, wearing what appeared to be the shirt he was arrested in, sat with his hands clasped.
None of his family members were present.
The charges against him were not read to the court, but the 41-year-old’s lawyer Darren Mahony asked for the case to be set down for a committal mention on July 9.
Police allege that Baden-Clay murdered his wife Allison (pictured) at their Brookfield home on or about April 19, 2012.
He has also been charged with interfering with a body. His lawyers formally applied for bail yesterday, but the hearing won’t be until June 21.
Until then, Baden-Clay’s home will be Brisbane’s Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre.
Yesterday, he was forced to change into a prison smock and was fed beef stroganoff with pasta penne for dinner.
A Queensland Corrective Services spokesman said all prisoners had to be assessed to find out if they were a suicide risk before being imprisoned.
“Prisoner Baden-Clay underwent a medical assessment prior to undergoing an induction,” he said.
“He will be in a smock and placed in a cell by himself.
“He will be interviewed by a psychologist or a counsellor to identify any immediate risks including self harm.”
Baden-Clay’s lawyer has said his client would “vigorously” defend the murder charge.
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