Heartbreaking details about teenager Isla Bell’s final moments have been revealed during the first day of a committal hearing, leaving a friend of the victim so distressed she fled the courtroom in tears.

Bell, 19, was killed and her remains hidden in a fridge, with police making the grim discovery at a waste management centre in Dandenong on November 19, 2024.

Marat Ganiev and Eyal Yaffe are charged with the murder of the 19-year-old, while Yaffe, 57, is also charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice and assisting an offender after the fact.

Police allege the teenager met Ganiev on October 5, 2024 and began staying at his apartment in St Kilda East.

According to court documents, Bell sent a message on Snapchat to a friend saying she had met the “best Russian sugar daddy

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