The Crown v Gerard Baden-Clay, 8th July - Trial Day 16

[louisepiglet]

Tessa Scott ‏@TessaScott9 50s

#badenclay trial is adjourned until 10am tomorrow. Prosecution has not finished. @9NewsBrisbane

Mr Fuller is a legend. What a great job he is doing tying it all together. It is great that the jury has tonight to reflect on his words today and he can hammer it home in the morning. Great strategy. Thanks to all doing the retweets.

 

[Amee]

:clap: :clap: :takeabow: Fuller :takeabow:

 

[AAAA]

Is that a prison issue brown jumper that he is wearing?

I've been wondering the same thing since it came out a few days ago.

 

[Total]

Feeling relieved now that a lot of the details are on the record, but very very sad for Allison still.

 

[Curiousasacat]

Hope Dr W is ok? Where is he?

 

[JK673]

Some bird on Twitter is saying GBC bought Phenergan - is this true? I tweeted that I had not read that anywhere?

Does anyone know if this was a rumour at the start???

 

[marlywings]

WOW what a day!!!

Big thanks to everyone who helped with the updates. Big thanks to everyone for being here for Allison.

Truckload of sunflowers....take a bunch...

 

[Amee]

3.30pm: Crown prosecutor Todd Fuller QC is continuing his closing address to the jury.

He said there were eucalypt leaves found on Allison Baden-Clay’s body, while trees that may have shed their leaves were found at the back and on the next door property of the Brookfield home where she lived.

He said a Chinese Elm leaf was found on Ms Baden-Clay’s body, and there was one plant at the back of the family home off Brookfield Rd.

He said a Lillypilly leaf found in her hair may have come from the plant in the front yard.

Mr Fuller said only a eucalypt and a Chinese Elm tree were found near to Kholo Creek.

“A woman who has just had her hair done, who is attending a conference the following day, missed a parent teacher interview to get her hair done. Nothing good can come of that but it speaks of what happened to her,” he said.

Mr Fuller took the jury to the blood in the Holden Captiva.

He said the car had three rows of seats in it. Mr Fuller said items were placed into the back of the car and the back row of seats was folded down.

He reminded the jury of the evidence of a scientific officer who first looked for blood in the car.

He said a number of police looked at the car without noticing any blood in the back of the car.

“That’s explicable by the location of where it was found,” Mr Fuller said.

He took the jury to the foot well behind the passenger seats of the car and said it would not have been seen unless the seat was lifted up.

Mr Fuller said police described the mark did not really look like blood but was tested and found to have Ms Baden-Clay’s DNA in it.

He said the area where the blood was found was hidden from view unless the seats were folded upwards.

“We know from the photograph I showed you just a moment ago, it appears to have trickled down the side of the car towards the foot well. It’s gone unnoticed because of the amount and the place it was. If you didn’t know it was there, would you see it?,” he said.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-allison-in-2012/story-fnihsrf2-1226980999956

 

[marlywings]

And very special thankyou to QC Fuller

 

[Crime and punishment]

Marissa Calligeros ‏@marissa_sc 42s

Pros. has read pages from Allison's journal: "If would give anything if my partner would love me and make love to me." #badenclay

This is the saddest one of all isn't it? I wonder how Olivia feels now the truth is coming out?

 

[BrissyLass]

I think he looks relieved in that shot

no chance... Gerard Baden-Clay about to get a look inside the watchhouse, about to spend the night there, about to see exactly how being arrestted for murder feels............no way, he is S****ing himself

And so he should!

 

[Curiousasacat]

Some bird on Twitter is saying GBC bought Phenergan - is this true? I tweeted that I had not read that anywhere?

Does anyone know if this was a rumour at the start???

This was strictly a rumour, it was mentioned very early on as he visited a chemist.
There was only speculation.

 

[Amee]

Mr Fuller said the family only had the car since February 26, 2012.

He said there was no reports of injury to a child or to a person since they had the car.

“So is it a small amount of blood that is on something that comes into contact with the side of it, that then doesn’t leave a trail either in or out of this vehicle?” he said.

Mr Fuller said it was interesting Baden-Clay took the Holden Captiva out to look for his wife on April 20, 2012.

He said the vehicles were parked that day so that the Prado was closest to the driveway.

Mr Fuller said Baden-Clay drove up Boscombe Rd and Deerhurst Rd, the same area near where police had triangulated his wife’s phone.

“He tells you he reverses the car out and when he comes back he reverses the car in, around the Prado,” he said.

He said it was unlikely Ms Baden-Clay had put the toys and boxes of clothes in the back of her car the previous night, when she had been at the hairdressers until the early evening.

“At any event there is blood in the car. Blood that is hers. Now how did it get there? How does it sit with the leaves I’ve spoken about? The Crown says to you it’s a piece of circumstantial evidence that supports there was some violence to her, some injury…,” he said.

Mr Fuller took the jury to the scratches on Baden-Clay’s face.

He asked if they were scratches or marks.

Mr Fuller said the Baden-Clay’s eldest daughter testified that her father had cut himself shaving, scratching it three times in a row using a blunt razor.

He said the girl also testified that her father usually showered before he shaved.

Mr Fuller reminded the jury of Baden-Clay’s evidence to police, in which he told them he got up on April 20, 2012 to “****, shower and shave”.

He said Nigel Baden-Clay told the jury he saw his son had cuts on his face and saw a Band-Aid on his face, so asked him “what is that?”

Mr Fuller said a first response police officer asked the accused about the marks on his face.

He said Baden-Clay told him he cut himself shaving and repeated the answer over and again during interviews with police that day.

Mr Fuller said Priscilla and Geoff Dickie noticed them and so did his wife’s friend, Kerry-Anne Walker.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-allison-in-2012/story-fnihsrf2-1226980999956

 

[Amee]

He said photos were first taken on Baden-Clay’s injuries around five hours after police first saw them.

Mr Fuller zoomed in on the marks on the right cheek of the accused.

“I suggest you have a closer look at that exhibit,” he told the jury.

He asked what possible reason the accused could have for trying to cover up the injuries.

“They show close hand contact and evidence of violence between himself and someone else. Someone striking out… to defend themselves against him. He knows that…,” he said.

Mr Fuller said Baden-Clay went to see two doctors on April 21, 2012.

He said the accused made no mention of another set of injuries to his face.

Mr Fuller asked the jury whether a mark on Baden-Clay’s armpit may have been consistent with someone pulling at his clothing.

He said the accused used a highlighter when telling them how he shaved and cut himself, adding he stopped and then continued.

Mr Fuller said on the evening of April 22, 2012 a forensic specialist examined Baden-Clay’s injuries.

He said Dr Leslie Griffiths described the edges at irregular and thought they were unlikely to have been caused by a disposable safety razor, like the one found at Baden-Clay’s home.

Mr Fuller said photographs of the accused taken on June 14, 2012 revealed there was still scarring of the abrasions.

He said three experts examined the injuries by looking at photos of the marks on Baden-Clay’s face.

Mr Fuller said all three drew similar conclusions and gave similar evidence.

He said Dr Robert Hoskins found it was extremely implausible the injuries were caused by a razor blade.

“They are fingernail marks, they are on his face, they occurred after his children went to sleep and before his children got up, after the last time before these children saw their mother…,” he said.

Mr Fuller reminded the jury it was possible there was another person’s DNA profile under the fingernails of Ms Baden-Clay’s left hand.

“There was a struggle between the two of them and she left her mark upon him,” he said

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-allison-in-2012/story-fnihsrf2-1226980999956

 

[Amee]

They are damning and link to the act of violence without any doubt.”

He said the finger nail marks showed there had been close-up violence and that the couple was within arm’s reach of each other.

“The only injury she is able to inflict upon him is a scratch to his face while he inflicts upon her, injuries that cause her death,” he said.

He said the lack of injury to the accused spoke to the nature of the violence used on Ms Baden-Clay.

“She is unable to raise the alarm. It has occurred in or around the house, such that she brings her children to her rescue. She is unable to cause any injury to him, other than the face,” he said.

“Does that not speak of the mechanism that was used?”

He said it was an “efficient and effective” killing and argued it was done with intent.

“It’s efficient and effective ladies and gentlemen, what can be going through the mind of a person whose carrying that act out, other than the intended outcome, which in fact took place,” he said.

Mr Fuller said Baden-Clay gave a story to police that was false and lied to try and cover them up to “distance himself” from the scratches.

He argued the phone charger was connected at 1.48am.

“The only evidence we have that Allison had possession of his phone is from him. It’s his lifeblood, the first thing he checks in the morning. You might think it’s the last thing he checks at night,” Mr Fuller said

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-allison-in-2012/story-fnihsrf2-1226980999956

 

[Aunty]

That was wonderful.

Agreed, and my heart is still racing. So so good!

Gerard's heart couldn't be racing, because he hasn't got one

 

[AAAA]

It will be interesting to watch the BC/BW gang as this is unfolding. I would love to be able to see their reaction when the verdict is read out. Are they going to be as cold faced and heartless looking as they have all along or will it look like their world has collapsed. This will be a big pointer as to their involvement IMO

I'm really hoping Olivia will give another of her famous speeches on the courthouse stairs...

 

[Pastafarian]

Yes indeed she did :clap:

.......and the product was a "dud"

 

[Thinking]

Sarah Elks ‏@sarahelks 33s

Fuller to jury: Toni McHugh was intelligent lady but "she fell for the Baden-Clay product and fell hard." #badenclay

Ouch! Love it.

 

[Curiousasacat]

I'm surprised that the Prosecution were allowed to actually say/imply all that they did.
Can I ask from people who were at court if the defence objected often or at all?