The Crown v Gerard Baden-Clay, 26th June - Trial Day 11, Week 3

[Amee]

He’ll say that night they sat down to watch TV together after the children were in bed, Allison in particular liked to watch the footy show … he was tired and wasn’t feeling well. He went to bed around 10.30pm,” he said.

“He did not wake during the evening and woke at 6am on Friday the 20th and Allison was not there.”

Mr Byrne said Baden-Clay did not tell his wife that Toni McHugh would be at the real estate conference the next day.

“He will tell you that he rushed and he cut himself shaving. He’ll say he did that, it bled, he put tissues on it, the tissues were disposed of, down the toilet or something to that affect,” he said.

He said the accused became increasingly concerned and sent text messages to his wife.

“He started calling but the calls would go through to message bank without being responded to,” he said.

Mr Byrne said Baden-Clay called his parents, who came straight over and even searched the neighbourhood.

“After a time he called Olivia and said, should he call the police. She thought he should and as the phone records clearly disclose he made three phone calls to police. One to the Indooroopilly police station… that got no answer, so later he tried the other 1300 number and as he told the 000 operator on his third call, he tried but had been unsuccessful at getting through and he wanted to report that his wife was missing and could not easily be found,” he said.

“His concern was an accident had happened, maybe she didn’t have her phone with her…”

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-allison-in-2012/story-fnihsrf2-1226966924597

 

[drsleuth]

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 20s

Gerard says they had cleared customs on their honeymoon and their families called down to them that Princess Di had died. #badenclay

 

[Amee]

Mr Byrne said the first police arrived at the house early on Friday, April 20, 2012.

He said Baden-Clay promised his daughters their mum would be home by the time they returned from school that.

Mr Byrne said the father of the accused told him the number of police arriving at the house was not like a missing persons investigation.

He said a lawyer advised Baden-Clay not to give a statement by police but he already had, at least one of them lasting a number of hours.

“It was at that stage the police seemed to become more suspicious of him because he had spoken to a lawyer,” he said.

“He continued to speak to them, even the next day, when he went by himself to the command centre.”

Mr Byrne said his wife’s parents came to the house and he “tried to make them feel at home”.

He said Ms Baden-Clay’s parents got upset with him and they left with police to give statements.

Mr Byrne said Brookfield was a small, close-knit community and news of his wife’s disappearance travelled quickly.

He said he would go to the Brookfield Showgrounds but was asked not to join in the search with SES and police.

“One of the pieces of advice he was given by his solicitor was that he should go to see doctors to have them look at shaving cuts on his cheek and that’s what he did the following morning,” he said.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-allison-in-2012/story-fnihsrf2-1226966924597

 

[Freya1977]

Katrina Blowers ‏@katrinablowers 2m

#badenclay very emotional as recounts how he and Allison kissed on the top step. Hence their business name.


TEN News Queensland ‏@tennewsqld 1m

#BadenClay: Gerard has told of when he met Allison, falling in love with her and proposing to her. #TenNews



Tessa Scott ‏@TessaScott9 1m

Got married at St Mary's then reception Customs House. Now talking about 3 month "extravagant honeymoon." @9NewsBrisbane #badenclay

 

[drsleuth]

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 23s

Gerard is talking about their trip. Egypt, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, North Western Europe, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland. #badenclay


Gerard is talking about the International Scouts Centre in Switzerland. He and Allison visited. Gerard said he'd been there before.

 

[Amee]

Mr Byrne said the accused would tell the jury he had no knowledge as to what happened to his wife.

“He will tell you that he was not feeling under particular stress or pressure on that wee of the 18th and 19th of April, 2012. They had seen a counsellor who they felt positive with and they were putting practises into place to move forward with their relationship,” he said.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-allison-in-2012/story-fnihsrf2-1226966924597

 

[Zorro]

I'm sure that the jury will be immune to this Mills & Boone performance whilst they have the picture of scratches made by a safety razor in their mind.

 

[Freya1977]

Katrina Blowers ‏@katrinablowers 1m

#badenclay now telling court where he was when Princess Diana died. @7NewsBrisbane


Who bloody cares!!!

 

[Neuromancer]

Uh oh - Byrne just said that "Allison would take Gerard's phone when he got home from work, and return it to him in the morning"...

Here we go - it was ALLISON who put the thing on the charger at 1:48am....

Surely we have a ton of after-hours texts and calls in his phone records to refute this?

 

[Trooper]

AT MILTON!!!! Bahahaha!!!!

:guitar:

 

[kiwi50]

I'm worried if he cries more the Judge may say we will adjourn until Monday
and the jury are left with 3 days to recall his "sadness"

 

[Tishy]

Katrina Blowers ‏@katrinablowers 1m

#badenclay now telling court where he was when Princess Diana died. @7NewsBrisbane


Who bloody cares!!!

The Defence strategy appears to be 'baffle them with bull..dust'

 

[drsleuth]

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · now

Gerard says "it's the most magical place in the world". He says they applied to work there. #badenclay

 

[laserdisc10]

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 20s

Gerard says they had cleared customs on their honeymoon and their families called down to them that Princess Di had died. #badenclay

What the ...... ??

 

[PrimeSuspect]

David Murray ‏@TheMurrayD 47s
They went to a Scouts centre in the Swiss Alps, Gerard explaining its history #badenclay

David Murray ‏@TheMurrayD 1m
Honeymoon trip to the Maldives, Turkey, Jordon, Israel, Egypt, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, through Europe #badenclay


David Murray ‏@TheMurrayD 1m
They went to a Scouts centre in the Swiss Alps, Gerard explaining its history #badenclay

 

[marlywings]

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 20s

Gerard says they had cleared customs on their honeymoon and their families called down to them that Princess Di had died. #badenclay

Ohhhh pleaseeee...what on earth does any of this have to do with the murder of your wife!!!!!!!

 

[PrimeSuspect]

David Murray ‏@TheMurrayD 47s
Allison caught the bug for the Scouts centre, they decided to volunteer there - Gerard #badenclay

 

[drsleuth]

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 13s

Gerard says they stayed with his grandparents in Switzerland while they found jobs in the UK. #badenclay

Kate Kyriacou @KateKyriacou · 6s

Gerard says the job he found "paid very very well" and the job Allison found "hardly paid anything". #badenclay

 

[Freya1977]

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 44s

Baden-Clay now describing in great detail his & Allison's honeymoon, including their visit to the International Scout Centre. #badenclay

 

[Amee]

“He’ll say he accommodated that, he’d say: `yes, alright’. He had no intention of being with her and he would appease her. When she demanded to know when they would be together he gave her a date of 1 July… knowing it wouldn’t happen and it would inevitably be post-poned and be a trigger for her to move on and do other things such as travel overseas and study teachin :liar:

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-allison-in-2012/story-fnihsrf2-1226966924597