By Mia Armitage & Aslan Shand
The man accused of murdering 23-year-old Ashleigh Grice in Mullumbimby nearly four months ago is to have his case mentioned in court again next month.
Police arrested 29-year-old Jai Oden-Jenkins on 20 September, 2025, and charged him with Ms Grice’s domestic violence (DV) murder.
Officers said the two had been intimate partners.
Oden-Jenkins was refused bail, and remained behind bars, after first appearing by video link in the Lismore Local Court on 26 November, 2025.
Bail conditions
A bail undertaking was later entered into by Oden-Jenkins on 23 December, 2025 and remains in place.
Oden-Jenkins is required to live in Victoria and can not ‘enter Byron Bay or go within 100 kilometres of that area (except for attending court or upon a legal representative for a pre-arranged legal appointment or conference),’ according to court documents.
Oden-Jenkins was released to a person with the initials MO and is required ‘Not to be absent from these premises between the hours of 9pm and 7am unless in the company of MO.’
Oden-Jenkins was not required to appear when the matter was mentioned in the Lismore Local Court again on Wednesday, 14 January, 2026.
The court heard police were still examining a post-mortem report received late last year.
The case is due for its first mention in the Lismore District Court on 11 February.
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