A social worker has told an Australian court she feared for her life when she was attacked by Bradley Edwards, the man accused of the 1997 murder of Ciara Glennon, whose family is from Westport, Co Mayo.

Bradley Edwards (50) is charged before the Western Australian Supreme Court of killing Ms Glennon (27), as well as Sarah Spiers (18) and Jane Rimmer (23) on dates in 1996 and 1997.

An Australian man accused of murdering an Irishwoman near the city of Perth 22 years ago has been described as a depraved individual with a fetish for wearing women's clothes.