After 40 years, former prison guard charged over Spear Creek deaths

By Lydia Lynch and Melissa North
Updated April 15 2019 - 11:07am, first published April 12 2019 - 4:08pm
COLD CASE: Bruce John Preston, 63, has been charged with three counts of murder. Photo: Lydia Lynch
COLD CASE: Bruce John Preston, 63, has been charged with three counts of murder. Photo: Lydia Lynch

A former guard in one of Australia's most notorious prisons has been arrested for allegedly killing three young travellers in remote bush land near Mount Isa four decades ago.

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