Murder-accused enters plea

By Monique Preston

May 27, 2026

A man accused of murdering a woman in a Cobram home has been committed to stand trial in the Supreme Court.

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Prem Kumar, 46, now of Dandenong North, has been charged with murdering Cobram woman Anu Eugene, 32, in Cobram on August 19 last year.

Emergency services were called to a Christie Ave address about 5am where they found the woman dead.

Two young children were inside the house at the time.

Mr Kumar appeared briefly on a video link to Shepparton Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, July 27.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder.

Magistrate Mark Sabljak committed him to stand trial in the Supreme Court.

He will next appear in the Supreme Court on June 12 for a directions hearing.

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