Man charged with murder after remains found near Mudgee

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A man has been charged with murder after the discovery of human bones in a burnt out tree trunk near Mudgee, in NSW. Police believe the remains belong to 53-year-old David Collisson, who was reported missing last month.

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00:00 Police searched the property that Mr Collison was last seen at, which was in September.

00:07 It's quite a large property, it's 2,000 acres.

00:09 They took the dog squad and divers with them and they came across a burnt out tree trunk

00:14 that contained human remains.

00:16 Now it's important to note that forensics hasn't returned an ID on these bones.

00:20 In fact, it hasn't even been confirmed yet that they are human, but police suspect there

00:25 is a strong indication.

00:26 Nevertheless, they have charged a 33-year-old man with murder.

00:32 And what more insight has been given around the circumstances that might have happened

00:36 there?

00:37 Mr Collison was known to police.

00:39 He had been convicted of murder in 2000, but police say it's unlikely that conviction is

00:45 linked to this.

00:46 In fact, Detective Danny Doherty says drugs are likely to be at the centre of this dispute.

00:51 We believe it's a drug-related dispute.

00:54 He's been at that property with a number of people and that's why we urge today that we

00:59 believe there's other people that would have knowledge of what actually happened.

01:04 So Tony, obviously more investigation required there.

01:07 Do we anticipate though that there might potentially be more arrests?

01:10 Police have made a public appeal for more information.

01:13 They suspect more people could have been at the property or aware of what had happened.

01:19 Detective Danny Doherty says it's possible people could have helped with the disposal

01:23 of the body.

01:24 Mr Collison was a big bloke and there was a point where if he was shot, it would take

01:31 we believe maybe more than one person and that's a scenario we're looking at.

01:35 Now the 33-year-old does have a court date tomorrow in Dubbo.

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