<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man has pleaded guilty to </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/murder" rel="" target="" title="murder"><span>murder</span></a><span> exactly seven years after body parts were found in a chest freezer buried in the victim's backyard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bobby Andrew Weaver faced </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/brisbane" rel="" target="" title="Brisbane"><span>Brisbane</span></a><span> Supreme </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/courts" rel="" target="" title="Court"><span>Court</span></a><span> today for what was meant to be a pre-trial hearing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The crown prosecutor instead asked Justice Rebecca Wilson to arraign Weaver on one count of murder.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/anthony-albanese-address-to-the-nation-what-to-expect-how-to-watch-everything-to-know/ef0c15f6-2cdd-48a3-b4fb-63ce1b8c05c4" target="_blank"><strong><span>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to make rare national address tonight</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Weaver said "guilty" when asked how he would plead to the charge of murdering David Charles Thornton some time between January 24 and March 10, 2019 at the Ipswich suburb of Goodna, west of Brisbane.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Weaver declined to say anything further to Wilson.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Thornton, a retired maths and science teacher, was last seen near his Goodna home on February 22 and was reported missing by his family on March 12, 2019.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/bobby-andrew-weaver-man-pleads-guilty-to-teacher-david-charles-thorntons-chest-freezer-murder/d1400ef3-733f-48f9-b0e5-b48effc37915" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police began digging in his yard over a weekend in late March.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/dezi-freeman-update-police-tracked-car-to-hideout-on-rural-property-before-the-manhunt-ended-in-hail-of-bullets/ceab03c4-6d99-4417-9e9f-ee674d52548c" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Fugitive Dezi Freeman believed to have been shot up to 20 times during tense stand-off with police</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On April 1, 2019 they excavated the freezer that contained human remains belonging to Thornton.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Weaver was extradited to Queensland from NSW on April 3, 2019 following his arrest on the previous day at a Pacific Highway rest stop at Tyagarah, just north of Byron Bay.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was due to face the start of a Supreme Court trial on July 27 this year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Wilson today ordered Weaver continue to be remanded in custody and scheduled a review on April 8 to confirm a date for sentencing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Weaver's barrister said she would seek a subpoena for her client's medical records to assist with sentencing.</span></div></div>