Man charged with Falconio murder

A mechanic was charged today with murdering British tourist Peter Falconio on a lonely Australian Outback highway more than two years ago.

Flanked by five police officers, Bradley John Murdoch, 45, made a brief appearance before Darwin magistrates in Northern Australia to have the charges read to him. He also is charged with abducting and assaulting Mr Falconio’s girlfriend, Joanne Lees, during a terrifying attack on the night of July 14, 2001.