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The homicide detective was only two weeks into the job when he came face to face with the accused Easey Street killer in 1977, taking a statement – and a knife – from the teenage boy.

An aged Douglas Carroll stood to give evidence in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday during the second day of a committal hearing over Perry Kouroumblis’ alleged murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett in Collingwood nearly 50 years ago.

Former homicide detective Douglas Carroll arrives at the court. Credit: Eddie Jim

He told the court he first became involved in the case when he and other detectives were called

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