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.

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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 Melbo

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