NSW: Three charged over bashed body in river - police
05 Dec 2008 10:47 PM
SYDNEY, Dec 5 AAP - Three members of one family have been charged over the death of a man found in a southern NSW river nine months ago.
Father of four Danny Ralph, 46, was found on the bottom of the Queanbeyan River - below a blood-stained suspension bridge - by police divers on March 29.
He was last seen in the early hours of the same day, leaving the licensed club in Queanbeyan where he worked.
Mr Ralph, a chef from the south coast town of Ulladulla, was beaten before being pushed off the bridge, police say.
Police arrested a man and two women, from the same family, during simultaneous dawn raids on two homes in Queanbeyan on Friday.
Forensic teams examined the homes and seized three cars for inspection.
A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder and two women, aged 20 and 50, have been charged with being accessaries after the fact to murder.
The three have been refused bail to appear at Queanbeyan Local Court on Saturday.
