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Crucial evidence uncovered at 11th hour
7 News
Sarah Motherwell and Alex Patrikios
AAP
5 hours ago (as at 20:29 AEST 14 September 2017)
'Damning evidence that revealed Brenden Bennetts searched online for "best way to dispose of a body" the day before he killed schoolgirl Jayde Kendall was only unearthed the day his murder trial began.
The last-minute find meant the YouTube search was almost kept from the Brisbane Supreme Court jury, which convicted the 21-year-old of murder on Thursday afternoon.'
'It can now be revealed crucial evidence showing Bennetts may have premeditated Jayde's death was only discovered on the first day of his trial.
Police computer analyst Neil Robertson was reviewing his report into data gleaned from Bennetts' Samsung handset on September 4 when he came across a previously unnoticed YouTube search.
It showed Bennetts had searched for "best way to dispose of a body" at 12.19pm on August 13, 2015 - the day before he killed Jayde.'
'Defence barrister Michael Copley QC failed in a bid to have the new evidence kept from the jury, arguing there was no way to know what, if any, search results Bennetts actually looked at.
But prosecutor Vicki Loury QC said it did not matter what results Bennetts received or watched, just the fact he had made the search at that point in time.
The new evidence drastically changed the course of the trial as it led to Justice Ann Lyons also allowing previously inadmissible Facebook conversations between Bennetts and Dillan Gilmore in England to be read to the jury.'
Read more at:
https://au.news.yahoo.com/qld/a/37088526/crucial-evidence-uncovered-at-11th-hour/
Apart from the inaccuracy of the headline, ie; Jayde Kendall was not married to the perpetrator, BB is appealing his life sentence for her murder:
Man jailed for murdering his teenage wife dumping her body in a field APPEALS his life sentence
Daily Mail Australia
By Australian Associated Press
13:22 +11:00 05 Oct 2017, updated 13:30 +11:00 05 Oct 2017
‘Brenden Bennetts is appealing against his life sentence and conviction for the murder of Queensland schoolgirl Jayde Kendall.
Bennetts was last month found guilty by a Supreme Court jury of killing 16-year-old Jayde and dumping her body in a field on the outskirts of Gatton in August 2015.
The 21-year-old lodged an appeal against his conviction and sentence on Wednesday. ’
Read more at:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...netts-appeal-Jayde-Kendall-life-sentence.html