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Margaret Scheikowski

Murder theory 'absurd', lawyer says

James Church denies murdering 23-year-old Leisl Smith, who disappeared on August 19, 2012. (AAP)

The crown case asserting a man was the cold, calculated killer of his lover two decades ago was made up of conjecture and speculation, a judge has been told.

The accused's barrister also described as "absurd" the proposition that his client would meet his so-called intended murder victim in the middle of the day at a railway station with CCTV cameras.

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