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Miklos Bolza

'Manipulative' cold case murder accused freed on bail

Aaron Govendir was released on bail after being charged with his wife's 1998 murder. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

After spending one night behind bars, a Sydney man accused of violently murdering his wife 26 years ago and making up a false home invasion story to cover it up has been granted bail.

In March 1998, Aaron Govendir told police he was knocked unconscious by an unknown man who entered their Dover Heights home posing as a police officer before bludgeoning his wife Denise to death and stealing their car.

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