Kyneur. Unbelievable.
Officer found Anthony Koletti’s behaviour ‘extremely strange and unusual’ after delay in reporting wife missing
A coronial inquest has heard that the husband of the missing Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick was “too busy working” at home to come to the police station.www.smh.com.au
Paraphrased:
AK said he was "too busy working" at home to come into the police station after reporting MC was missing
The police officer found Koletti's behaviour "extremely strange & unusual"
Detective Sergeant Trent Riley spoke to AK after being alerted by to concerns by a junior officer who had answered AK's first call to report MC missing.
AK said his wife had been missing for 2 days but couldn''t come in to be interviewed beacuse " he had too much work on that day"
DS Riley later spoke toi AK & he said that his wife “was in good spirits the last time he saw her” and that he couldn’t understand why she would be missing.
AK failed to mention the raid the previous day, instead telling Riley that a “male colleague of Caddick’s was also missing.”
When asked why he didn't report MC missing the previous day , he said he didn't think she was missing, but than said he spend the previous day searching cliffs for her.
Riley told his colleague that AK's story “seems to be chopping and changing.”
Earlier in the day Detective Sergeant Michael Kyneur ( initial officer in charge) was grilled about deficiences in the early days of the investigation
In a recorded interview 12 days later was asked by Kyneur, why he thought his wife hadn’t contacted him. Koletti replied that there was “no need.” “Do you think she wants to deal with this shitstorm I’m dealing with?” Koletti said.
Kyneur didn't bother to obtain a 93 page affidavit that ASIC had given to the court in realtions to MC's crimes, saying that the police weren't investigating a fraud, but were investigating a missing person.
“Didn’t you think it was important to find out all that you could about Caddick?” asked Louise Coleman, junior counsel assisting the inquest.
Kyneur replied that in the early days he was concentrating on the belief she had self-harmed.
Asked whether he considered whether Koletti might have been an accomplice to his wife’s Ponzi scheme, Kyneur said “I didn’t turn my mind to the fraud in the early days.”
Within days police has compiled a risk assessment, which listed 3 scenarios: that she had been injured or killed possibly by her husband, that she had fled, or she had killed herself in the face of the ASIC investigation.
Sergeant Riley has raised suspicions about AK saying he was “sweating profusely” and was evasive, vague and inconsistent in his answers.
Kyneur had discounted the first scenario, & did not notify the homicide squad as there was no evidence a murder had taken place at Caddick's Dover Heights home.
Questioned about why he didn’t press Koletti over the inconsistencies in his various accounts to police, Kyneur said that he took into account Koletti’s stress about his wife’s disappearance. “It was obvious to me that he was flustered. He was all over the place,” he said.
Video in link of AK's interview ( 4min & 48 secs )
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Yes, I believed that back then too. In fact I still believe it, ie that AK believed that MC was hiding out, and she would want him to cover for her, and stall.
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AK covered for MC, AK covered for himself, his family covered for AK (saying he was too dumb to commit fraud),everyone said they had no idea what she was up to, except the financial planner whose license she stole who told one investor who withdrew their money. Have I missed anyone?
Well, there's the question of the "male colleague" and whether he's the same person as he whom we'll be sued if we even mention.
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Melissa Caddick inquest: police officer tells court husband wasn’t crying ‘real tears’ after disappearance
NSW coroner shown footage of officer telling Anthony Koletti ‘I think there’s something you are not telling me’
Koletti also offered a theory she was staying at the Meriton in Bondi Junction. “It was quite a big spot for us in our early years,” he said. “She would be at a hotel but it would be low-budget because she’s got no ID.
“She could have a fat wad of cash stashed under the bed for all I know. She’s resourceful.”
The court heard Kyneur, at that time, knew the Meriton at Bondi had no record of Caddick having ever stayed, but he did not raise that with Mr Koletti.
“I didn’t see any merit in taking it any further. He wasn’t a suspect. I just took the information in the interview,” the witness said.
“I had the view he knew something because of the confusion, he couldn’t keep his story straight.”
Before Kyneur was replaced as officer in chief of the investigation, he did not notify the homicide squad or set up a crime scene.
You can see why Kyneur was taken off the case IMO
You wouldn't want to investigate anything because then you might find some evidence that meant you had to investigate something.Melissa Caddick inquest: police officer tells court husband wasn’t crying ‘real tears’ after disappearance
NSW coroner shown footage of officer telling Anthony Koletti ‘I think there’s something you are not telling me’www.theguardian.com
Koletti also offered a theory she was staying at the Meriton in Bondi Junction. “It was quite a big spot for us in our early years,” he said. “She would be at a hotel but it would be low-budget because she’s got no ID.
“She could have a fat wad of cash stashed under the bed for all I know. She’s resourceful.”
The court heard Kyneur, at that time, knew the Meriton at Bondi had no record of Caddick having ever stayed, but he did not raise that with Mr Koletti.
“I didn’t see any merit in taking it any further. He wasn’t a suspect. I just took the information in the interview,” the witness said.
“I had the view he knew something because of the confusion, he couldn’t keep his story straight.”
Before Kyneur was replaced as officer in chief of the investigation, he did not notify the homicide squad or set up a crime scene.
You can see why Kyneur was taken off the case IMO
Melissa Caddick inquest: police officer tells court husband wasn’t crying ‘real tears’ after disappearance
NSW coroner shown footage of officer telling Anthony Koletti ‘I think there’s something you are not telling me’
Is it wrong of me to laugh when AK says he was too busy with work to be interviewed by police? I know, it’s wrong.
AK’s story is full of holes and red flags. This is going to be a very interesting inquest. I now understand why they need two weeks.
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The inquest heard that Koletti told the police that he hadn’t left the house the previous day when the police knew he had left the house on several occasions.
[Detective Sergeant Trent Riley] was heard in the video asking Koletti if he’d been anywhere the previous night. “Not that I know of,” Koletti replied.
. . .
[Koletti’s solicitor, Judy Swan] also suggested that Koletti was crying as the police left.
“I am very confident they weren’t real tears,” replied Riley.
www.smh.com.au
[Detective Sergeant Trent Riley] was heard in the video asking Koletti if he’d been anywhere the previous night. “Not that I know of,” Koletti replied.
. . .
[Koletti’s solicitor, Judy Swan] also suggested that Koletti was crying as the police left.
“I am very confident they weren’t real tears,” replied Riley.
‘I am very confident they weren’t real tears’: officer questions Anthony Koletti’s reaction to missing wife
An inquest into missing fraudster Melissa Caddick heard that her husband told police “everything she has done has always been legit.”
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I hope Koletti is asked to explain this:
Koletti’s financial records for a three-year period until March 2020 show thousands of dollars in cash were regularly deposited into his bank account.
Within days, Koletti would withdraw it all [at $500 a time] via ATMs in hotels around Sydney.
The ‘toyboy’, the DJ and the cash withdrawals: Anthony Koletti in the spotlight after wife’s disappearance
The husband of fraudster Melissa Caddick is set to come under even more scrutiny as liquidators seek answers, the podcast Liar Liar reveals.
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What a bizarre interview! AK’s lies about MC being asleep in bed while he calls her friend make no sense. He is overly theatrical and just plain bizarre.. IMOOfficer found Anthony Koletti’s behaviour ‘extremely strange and unusual’ after delay in reporting wife missing
A coronial inquest has heard that the husband of the missing Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick was “too busy working” at home to come to the police station.
Paraphrased:
AK said he was "too busy working" at home to come into the police station after reporting MC was missing
The police officer found Koletti's behaviour "extremely strange & unusual"
Detective Sergeant Trent Riley spoke to AK after being alerted by to concerns by a junior officer who had answered AK's first call to report MC missing.
AK said his wife had been missing for 2 days but couldn''t come in to be interviewed beacuse " he had too much work on that day"
DS Riley later spoke toi AK & he said that his wife “was in good spirits the last time he saw her” and that he couldn’t understand why she would be missing.
AK failed to mention the raid the previous day, instead telling Riley that a “male colleague of Caddick’s was also missing.”
When asked why he didn't report MC missing the previous day , he said he didn't think she was missing, but than said he spend the previous day searching cliffs for her.
Riley told his colleague that AK's story “seems to be chopping and changing.”
Earlier in the day Detective Sergeant Michael Kyneur ( initial officer in charge) was grilled about deficiences in the early days of the investigation
In a recorded interview 12 days later was asked by Kyneur, why he thought his wife hadn’t contacted him. Koletti replied that there was “no need.” “Do you think she wants to deal with this shitstorm I’m dealing with?” Koletti said.
Kyneur didn't bother to obtain a 93 page affidavit that ASIC had given to the court in realtions to MC's crimes, saying that the police weren't investigating a fraud, but were investigating a missing person.
“Didn’t you think it was important to find out all that you could about Caddick?” asked Louise Coleman, junior counsel assisting the inquest.
Kyneur replied that in the early days he was concentrating on the belief she had self-harmed.
Asked whether he considered whether Koletti might have been an accomplice to his wife’s Ponzi scheme, Kyneur said “I didn’t turn my mind to the fraud in the early days.”
Within days police has compiled a risk assessment, which listed 3 scenarios: that she had been injured or killed possibly by her husband, that she had fled, or she had killed herself in the face of the ASIC investigation.
Sergeant Riley has raised suspicions about AK saying he was “sweating profusely” and was evasive, vague and inconsistent in his answers.
Kyneur had discounted the first scenario, & did not notify the homicide squad as there was no evidence a murder had taken place at Caddick's Dover Heights home.
Questioned about why he didn’t press Koletti over the inconsistencies in his various accounts to police, Kyneur said that he took into account Koletti’s stress about his wife’s disappearance. “It was obvious to me that he was flustered. He was all over the place,” he said.
Video in link of AK's interview ( 4min & 48 secs )
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Yes AK seems to be a very bad liar. Unless he was deliberately muddying the waters.
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It strikes me that he's trying to cover for MC on the basis that he thinks that she's gone into hiding.
Seems he's only reported her as missing because (he says) the AFP suggested that he do it and to cover his own backside in case the AFP themselves raised her disappearance -- hence his flippant attitude and the silly answers he gives to police.
In any case, her failure to front court would have triggered some sort of official action. In a criminal case a non-appearance would usually result in a bench warrant being issued. Not sure what category the AFP's case fell under.
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When it comes to AK, who knows? It strikes me from his casual demeanor in that interview that he's not particularly worried about her absence at that point.
In a way I find that more normal than when he said there was no reason for Melissa to get in contact because, why would she want to deal with the shitstorm that he was going through? There ought to have been at least a glancing resentful thought, why would she want to leave him to deal with her shitstorm? I like it that he's rationing the time he gives to Melissa's mess.
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Police forensics wanted to conduct an experiment with pig carcasses wearing running shoes on their trotters to test ocean currents and shark activity, the inquest into Melissa Caddick's disappearance and presumed death has been told. #CaddickInquest.
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Police forensics wanted to conduct an experiment with pig carcasses wearing running shoes on their trotters to test ocean currents and shark activity, the inquest into Melissa Caddick's disappearance and presumed death has been told. #CaddickInquest.
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Melissa Caddick inquest: police officer tells court husband wasn’t crying ‘real tears’ after disappearance
NSW coroner shown footage of officer telling Anthony Koletti ‘I think there’s something you are not telling me’
Is it wrong of me to laugh when AK says he was too busy with work to be interviewed by police? I know, it’s wrong.
AK’s story is full of holes and red flags. This is going to be a very interesting inquest. I now understand why they need two weeks.
Those bangin' DJ trax / farmed prawns don't thrive by themselves.
This bizarre case just gets stranger with the inquest. AK seems to be performing himself into the role of suspect. I'm bemused at the spottiness of the police investigation from the beginning though -- I'd have thought that the ASIC (sic) raid would have raised red flags aplenty for those early responders.
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Melissa Caddick's insurance policy provided cover in the event of suicide, the inquest into her disappearance and presumed death has heard. #caddickinquest
Melissa Caddick's insurance policy provided cover in the event of suicide, the inquest into her disappearance and presumed death has heard. #caddickinquest
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I don't think AK mentioned the raid to the initial local cops.
AK failed to mention the raid the previous day, instead telling Riley that a “male colleague of Caddick’s was also missing.”
When asked why he didn't report MC missing the previous day , he said he didn't think she was missing, but than said he spend the previous day searching cliffs for her.
Officer found Anthony Koletti’s behaviour ‘extremely strange and unusual’ after delay in reporting wife missing
A coronial inquest has heard that the husband of the missing Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick was “too busy working” at home to come to the police station.
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