TWO youths murdered grandmother Anne Redman by holding her down and cutting her throat with a blunt knife, a court has heard. The youths, both 17, from the southern suburbs, applied for bail in the Youth Court this morning. They have yet to plead to allegations they killed Mrs Redman, 87, in her Seacliff home in January. Today Jemma Litster, prosecuting, said the murder was a joint-enterprise between the youths. "Acting together, they cut the power to the victim's house (then) gained entry through the toilet window," she said. "When she went outside with a torch-light, they murdered her by holding her down and cutting her throat with a hunting knife. "The cause of death was blood loss ... there were several blunt-injury traumas to the head (and) several cut marks to the throat." The body of Mrs Redman was found in the backyard of her Yacca Rd property by her son-in-law about 5.40pm on January 26. Mrs Redman last spoke to her family about 5pm on Australia Day. Today, Ms Litster said both youths had made multiple admissions to friends about their involvement in the murder. "(One youth) also gave a hunting knife to a friend and told him he `might want to clean it'," she said. "He said he had done `something bad' with it, that `someone had died' by that knife." She said that, after being spoken to by police in September, the youth contacted his friend. "He told him to hide the knife, and (the friend) disposed of it in the ocean," she said. "It was recovered by police 10 days later." Ms Litster said the knife was being forensically tested, while Mrs Redman's torch had been found in the back of that youth's car. She said the youth "could not be excluded" from DNA samples taken from beneath Mrs Redman's fingernails. Both youths, she said, could interfere with the investigation or flee the state if released on bail. Michael Woods, for one of the youths, said his client was a good candidate for bail with no criminal history. He argued much of the evidence presented so far related to the co-accused. Ms Litster disagreed. "In his admissions, (this youth) disclosed esoteric knowledge about the crime that was not released to the public," she said. "He said he stepped on the flush button of the toilet, which is relevant because the toilet was still flushing when police were in the property. "He also described (the co-accused) `cutting the lady's neck', that the knife was blunt, and that he had to do it several times." Russell Cole, for the other youth, said his client posed no risk of absconding. Ms Litster argued that was not the case. "One witness was told (by this youth) that, if the police did not take his car, he would `take off'," she said. "He said he had $1400, and that was enough to get him across the state." Judge Kelvyn Prescott, however, refused bail due to the seriousness of the allegations. He remanded the youths in custody to face court again in December.
