A man who dated one of two women killed almost half a century ago has been questioned on his visit to their home around the time of the Easey Street double murder.

Barry Woodard, now aged 80, on Wednesday claimed Victorian police tried to "intimidate" and force a confession from him in 1977 over the murders in Collingwood.

He had gone on a blind date with Suzanne Armstrong, 28, in the weeks before she was found dead next to her housemate and long-term friend Susan Bartlett, 27.

"I wouldn't have the guts to do that, God almighty," he told Melbourne Magistrates Court, via video link.

Mr Woodard was questioned by defence barrister Dermot Dann KC over several hours on the first day of a committal hearing for the man police eventually charged over the 1977 killings, Perry Kouroumblis.

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