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Baden-Clay to seek bail next week

Accused murderer Gerard Baden-Clay will remain in custody for at least a week until his bail application is heard.

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Allison Baden-Clay Source: AAP

Lawyers lodged an application in the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Thursday afternoon indicating Baden-Clay, 41, would seek conditional release while he awaits trial for allegedly murdering his wife Allison and interfering with her corpse.

The bail application will be heard on June 21 and is expected to take 40 minutes.

Baden-Clay reported his wife and the mother of their three children missing from the family's Brookfield home on the morning of April 20, saying she'd failed to return from a late-night walk.

The body of the 43-year-old was found on the banks of a creek at Anstead 10 days later.

Baden-Clay was arrested on Wednesday and faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday morning.

Wearing a checked business shirt and dark pants, Baden-Clay sat in the dock with his back to the packed gallery.

He did not speak during the 30 second hearing, and the matter was adjourned until July 9.

However he was brought back into court around one hour later where he consented to police obtaining "non-intimate" forensic samples from him as part of their ongoing investigation into his wife's death.

Police did not elaborate on what forensic samples were sought, however this type of order can include hair from the head or beard.

After his appearance in court, Baden-Clay was taken to the Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre at Wacol, west of Brisbane, where he will remain at least until his bail hearing.

Baden-Clay's lawyer, Darren Mahony, indicated outside court his client would vigorously defend the charges.


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