A man charged over the cold-case stabbing murder of an Adelaide woman 26 years ago has been refused bail.
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Matthew Donald Tilley, 46, was arrested in Victoria last month after a DNA breakthrough linked him to the killing of Suzanne Poll in 1993.
Justice David Peek refused him bail in the South Australian Supreme Court on Friday, after Tilley appealed a magistrates court decision.
He suppressed his reasons for refusing the application.
Outside court, defence counsel Craig Caldicott said his client intended to plead not guilty to the charge.
Mrs Poll, a mother of two, was stabbed to death while working at the Salisbury Sands & McDougall store during what police believe might have been a robbery-gone-wrong.
The lights were off and the shop was shut but the front door remained ajar while the 36-year-old counted the day's takings.
A man entered and attacked Mrs Poll, who tried to escape through a back room but was stabbed to death in what police said was a vicious and sustained attack.
Her killer was cut, leaving DNA that allowed for a match in the most recent checks.
Tilley will return to court next September.
Australian Associated Press