Alleged double-murderer Murray Deakin will face a judge-alone trial early next year.
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He is accused of killing his grandmother at her home, and a former police officer during an alleged carjacking in 2018.
Deakin had his scheduled April trial postponed after all jury trials were suspended due to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions.
He will now face a judge-alone trial in the NSW Supreme Court on January 18 next year. The trial is expected to last five days.
Deakin, who was aged 20 at the time of his arrest, pleaded not guilty last year to murdering his grandmother Gail Winner and former police officer Mick Horne in 2018, due to mental illness.
Prosecutors allege Deakin stabbed 69-year-old Ms Winner to death at her Bega home and then killed 54-year-old retired Merimbula police officer Mick Horne with a hammer during an alleged carjacking while allegedly attempting to evade police on Friday, June 1, 2018.
Deakin is also facing one count of grievous bodily harm with intent to murder, after allegedly also attacking his grandfather Thomas Winner with a knife at the married couple's East St home.
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