Australia Australia - William Tyrrell, 3, Kendall, Nsw, 12 Sept 2014 - #43

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Aug 13

Servo attendant Sharon Starr has now taken the stand. Telling the court she was working as the store manager at Caltex in Lakewood in 2014.
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Aug 13

She tells the court Robert Donohoe was one of her employees. She says he was a casual worker.
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[RubyHill]

My refresh button is getting a workout.

 

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Aug 13

She tells the court employees would use a finger scanner to sign in and out for their shifts. It was working “most of the time”. She said Robert drove a white van and lived “near Taree”.
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Aug 13

The court heard the service station was about 10 minutes from Kendall, where William disappeared.
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Aug 13

Sharon Starr told the court Robert would sleep at the swimming pool in Kendall “instead of going home” when he did night shifts.
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Aug 13

She tells the court she found Robert Donohoe to be “creepy”.
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Aug 13

She tells the court he brought a candle to work which he lit inside the store. Despite a sign outside saying “do not have a naked flame”.
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Aug 13

“The whole place could’ve exploded,” she tells the court. She said she spoke to him about it and told him not to have a candle at work. She said he responded he “likes the smell of candles”.
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Aug 13

She tells the court he also brought a star stamp to work to give to children. She said she told him “we don’t do that” and she didn’t think he accepted it.
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Aug 13

She tells he court he also had “some chickens in the back of his van at one stage”. She said he asked to sell the eggs in the service station and she told him “we don’t sell eggs”.
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Aug 13

She tells the court there was a bus stop nearby and some of the young girls “wouldn’t come in when he was working because they didn’t like him. He was creepy”.
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Aug 13

She tells the court he was employed at the servo in September 2014, but she can’t recall if he worked the day William went missing. “I think so, but I’m not 100%”.
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Aug 13

She tells the coroner she has looked for the records to confirm if he worked that day but hasn’t found them. She said she has referred the request to payroll.
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Aug 13

She tells the court Robert told her he had been involved in the search for William Tyrrell in his role at the SES.
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Aug 13

She tells the court he later told her he’d been arrested for sexually assaulting a disabled person. She said “the HR department dealt with it from there”.
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Aug 13

Sharon Starr has now been excused. The court will be hearing evidence in a closed court for the rest of the day.
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Aug 13

She tells the court he also brought a star stamp to work to give to children. She said she told him “we don’t do that” and she didn’t think he accepted it.
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Now that's suss!

 

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Wowsers

 

[Eloise]

So has this guy been discussed here at all, ever? Is he the guy who has "never been named" in the media before??