He replied: 'I didn't feel like going to work that day, I was dealing with things and underlying issues'.
Ms Stevens then asked if William's dad recalled having any phone conversations. He didn't remember making a call 'at all'.
Ms Stevens then read out a police statement made by William's grandmother in the days after the child vanished.
The grandmother said: 'I woke up around 4.30am as I usually left around that time to go to work.
'(William's father) rang me around 5am which was his usual time to leave for work.
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