Father denies murder of daughter 'thrown' off Melbourne bridge
An Australian man accused of throwing his four-year-old daughter off of a Melbourne bridge earlier this year pleaded not guilty to her murder.
Arthur Phillip Freeman will stand trial for allegedly murdering his daughter, Darcey, in January.
Prosecutors told the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court that the 36-year-old Freeman was driving his three children across the West Gate Bridge when he stopped in the emergency lane, lifted Darcey out and allegedly threw her from the bridge.
Darcey Freeman fell 190 feet into the Yarra River and later died in the hospital.
Prosecutor Gavin Silbert said the incident happened moments after Freeman phoned his ex-wife and told her she would never see their children again.
Freeman did not apply for bail.
