(Australia Twitter)-A man charged with murdering a freelance journalist outside a hotel in Sydney's inner west 13 years ago has been formally refused bail by a magistrate.
Following an extensive investigation by NSW Police's Unsolved Homicide Team over the last 12 months, detectives stopped a vehicle on Ross Street at Forest Lodge about 9.20am today, where they arrested a 52-year-old man.
The 32-year-old from Elizabeth Bay, in Sydney's eastern suburbs, died a short time later of severe head injuries.
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A strike force was formed in 2010 following a coronial inquest into her death.
Strike Force Tooral was established in 2010 by detectives from the State Crime Command’s Unsolved Homicide Team, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death.
An inquest into Ms Smith's death was terminated in 1999 after a coroner found there was sufficient evidence for charges to be laid over her killing.
He used "corporal violence" and inflicted grievous bodily harm on her, the documents said.
Ms Smith had lived in Elizabeth Bay for five years and was a freelance journalist for various publications.
Castle's case was adjourned to Sydney's Central Local Court on June 28.
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