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| Stephanie Scott murder: defendant's twin brother arrested in South Australia | Stephanie Scott murder: defendant's twin brother arrested in South Australia |
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| The twin brother of the man charged with the murder of schoolteacher Stephanie Scott has also been arrested in connection with the crime. | The twin brother of the man charged with the murder of schoolteacher Stephanie Scott has also been arrested in connection with the crime. |
| A cleaner at the school Scott worked at, Vincent Stanford, was charged with her murder in April but New South Wales police are expected to charge his 24-year-old twin with being an accessory after the fact after he was arrested in South Australia. | A cleaner at the school Scott worked at, Vincent Stanford, was charged with her murder in April but New South Wales police are expected to charge his 24-year-old twin with being an accessory after the fact after he was arrested in South Australia. |
| Scott, 26, was last seen on 5 April when she went into Leeton high school to finish some work before taking leave to get married the next Saturday. Photos of a burnt body were found on Stanford’s phone and Scott’s body was discovered in Cocoparra national park, north of Griffith, a few days later. | Scott, 26, was last seen on 5 April when she went into Leeton high school to finish some work before taking leave to get married the next Saturday. Photos of a burnt body were found on Stanford’s phone and Scott’s body was discovered in Cocoparra national park, north of Griffith, a few days later. |
| South Australia police arrested Stanford’s twin, Marcus, at a house in Forreston on Wednesday morning and a South Australian court has cleared the way for the man to be extradited to Sydney from Adelaide. | |
| Marcus appeared in handcuffs at Mount Barker magistrates court on Wednesday and, when asked if he knew anything about the warrant for his arrest, Stanford told the court he did not and indicated he had not spoken to a lawyer. | |
| Asked if there was any reason why he should return to Leeton, he said: “Never been there, so I wouldn’t need to return.” | |
| Marcus will spend the night in Adelaide and is scheduled to fly to NSW on Thursday morning where he will appear in the Sydney central local court. | |
| Once in NSW he is expected to be charged with being an accessory after the fact in connection with the murder of Scott. | |
| Vincent Stanford was charged with murder and aggravated sexual assault on 8 April. |