Accused murderer winks and smiles in court after pregnant woman and partner killed

A bum man accused of nan murders of a pregnant female and her partner successful Melbourne's eastbound has smiled and winked successful court

Police recovered nan bodies of Athena Georgopoulos, 39, who was 5 months pregnant, and Andrew Gunn, 50, successful a location connected Adrienne Crescent successful Mount Waverley astir 10pm connected Monday.

Gunn was recovered decapitated.

Ross Judd, 34, was arrested successful a blood-soaked garment 7 kilometres distant astatine Westall Station conscionable aft 1.30am yesterday.

He was questioned by constabulary and charged pinch 2 counts of execution overnight.

Judd, who has nary fixed address, faced Melbourne Magistrates' Court today, wherever he made nary exertion for bail.

The magistrate granted prosecutors a 10-week hold to hole their first briefing owed to nan complexity of nan crime segment and abundance of grounds and DNA.

The tribunal heard it was Ross Judd's first clip successful custody and he needed to spot a caregiver for wellness concerns, but location was nary reference to supplier usage aliases withdrawal.

He only said erstwhile to opportunity he understood nan magistrate.

He smiled and moreover winked astatine members of nan media.

He was remanded to look astatine Melbourne Magistrates' Court connected January 13 adjacent year.

An extended crime segment remains astatine nan Mount Waverley location today, wherever graffitied phrases including "betrayal" and "karma has nary menu" were seen scrawled crossed nan exterior of nan property.

Relatives of Georgopoulos person said that she was truthful happy to person fallen pregnant aft believing she wouldn't beryllium capable to.

Her mum Petty, who arsenic seen arriving astatine nan segment visibly distressed yesterday afternoon, took to societal media coming to salary tribute to her daughter.

"The past fewer days you were truthful happy. We were dreaming together astir your small babe girl," Petty wrote.

"I will ne'er extremity loving you. Until we meet again my small girl."

The narration betwixt nan accused and nan victims is not known but constabulary opportunity it was a targeted attack.

Detectives are investigating whether a supplier indebtedness aliases a conflict complete pet German Shepherds was nan motive down nan killings.

Detective Inspector Dean Thomas said nan man arrived astatine nan location earlier nan commencement of a dispute, which allegedly resulted successful nan 2 deaths.

"The connection present is that it appears to beryllium a targeted attack. Our fishy is known to nan address," Thomas alleged.