the elderly husband has been charged with the murder of two women in victoria nearly 24 years ago - one of them being his wife - has described the accusations as ` bizarre ' .
the 83-year-old , of malvern east , has spoken out since he briefly appeared at melbourne magistrates court on monday .
margaret penny was murdered in a hair salon in portland , victoria on may 3 , 1991 , about 350 km west of melbourne .
also brutally murdered at old london coiffure hairdressers was claire acocks .