Naden charged with murder

Ms Scholes, 24, was found dead in a bedroom of a house in Bumblegumbie Road, Dubbo, on June 23, 2005.


Naden has been charged with her murder, as well as two counts of aggravated indecent assault of person under 16 over an incident involving a 15-year-old girl at Dubbo in 2004; and shoot with intent to murder over the incident involving police officer at Nowendoc on 7 December 2011.


He's been refused bail to appear in Taree Local Court shortly.


This morning the 38-year-old left Manning Base Hospital, in Port Macquarie, northeast NSW, surrounded by police in riot gear with his ankles shackled and a bandage around his lower left leg.


With a blue-hooded forensic services jacket covering his face, he was taken to a waiting police transport van and driven away ahead of an expected appearance in Taree Local Court later today.


He also faces two counts of aggravated indecent assault over an alleged attack on a 15-year-old girl, also at Dubbo in 2004.
An attempted murder charge was laid over the shooting of a police officer in December.
He remains in custody after a brief court appearance in Taree.
New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has defended the length of the search.
"This man is a master bushman. He has been in this area for a number of years," he said.
"He knows it better than the back of his hand. The conditions that we encountered were atrocious, and the terrain was second to none when it came to difficulty.
"When you put all of that together, this is going to take time. I'd suggest though that those officers that have given of their time have done an outstanding job."