An accused murderer has been committed to stand trial over the death of a woman whose body was later found at a rubbish tip.

Prosecutors allege Marat Ganiev, 53, killed 19-year-old Isla Bell in the early hours of October 7, 2024, before hiding her body in a fridge.

Her remains were found at a rubbish tip in Melbourne's south-east six weeks later.

Ganiev's barrister Sally Flynn KC argued the prosecution's case was entirely circumstantial as she pushed for her client to be discharged of murder.

She said the police could not prove the 53-year-old caused Bell's death and it could not be excluded that Bell died from a drug overdose.

But magistrate Michelle Mykytowycz today ruled there was sufficient evidence for the case to go to trial in the Victorian Supreme Court.

She agreed the case w

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