Something I did read today from the Australian. The last bit made my hairs stand up.
Frank Abbott
He told the court by videolink that he had been promised a lawyer, but then got locked in his cell on Thursday and Friday last week, and no lawyer had been in touch since.
He has been promised a Legal Aid lawyer, who should arrive before he is due to testify.
Mr Abbott chose to spend Monday listening to the evidence and could be seen on one of the courthouse screens, sitting at a desk, dressed in prison greens. He has snowy white hair, and occasionally made noises that sounded like groaning, or snoring.
He has denied any involvement in the disappearance of William, a three-year-old foster child who went missing from the mid-north coast village of Kendall whilst wearing a Spider-Man suit.
The inquest is moving at a glacial pace: it began more than a year ago, and there are still more than forty names on the witness list.
Mr Abbott asked a question about whether Mr Jones used to chop firewood. (Question was to DJ who was on the stand today)
She said it wasn’t uncommon for a neighbour to use a chainsaw to chop wood.