Post by Lux on Oct 30, 2008 13:25:40 GMT 12
Prison officer tells of Reid's threat
Oct 17, 2008 3:41 PM
A woman corrections officer says Liam James Reid told her in prison that he wished it had been her daughter he had sexually attacked and strangled.
Reid is accused of the murder of Emma Agnew.
The woman, who has permanent name suppression, says he made the comment after she heard a conversation he was having with the man in the cell next door.
She told the High Court trial that she heard Reid discussing sexual prowess and sex games.
Reid then called out to her: "I wish it was your daughter I f****** and strangled."
She told the court she walked away, went to the guardroom, and wrote it down.
An hour and a quarter later, she again heard Reid yelling to the other inmate. She says she heard Reid say: "It was good to make the bitch beg. I had to strangle her to shut the silly cow up."
Defence counsel Glenn Henderson cross-examined the officer who told him that she had overheard the conversation Reid was having and wanted to make sure the man listening was all right.
Henderson asked her if she had told Reid that he was a filthy little animal.
"No, I don't accept that, I have great respect for animals," she said.
A nurse also working in the at the men's prison says she too overheard shocking comments.
"I heard the other prisoner laugh and then I heard Reid yell out if you're going to kill them you may as well **** them first," she says.
She rejected Reid's lawyer claim that she was simply hearing prisoner bravado.
The court also heard via video link from a Japanese tourist who had been sightseeing and drinking with Reid just hours before the rape of a Dunedin student. She says she declined his repeated offers for sex.
Darryl Kay gave evidence that he drove Reid from Dunedin to Christchurch on November 24 after picking him up hitchhiking at the start of the motorway just out of Dunedin at 4am. Kay said Reid told him that he had just had a good night out.
He said Reid was very talkative at the start of the trip, and apologised for smelling badly. Kay said he was not comfortable with the conversation - he said it was crude stuff.
He says Reid told him his Mrs was a slut, that he could do whatever he liked to her, including punching her in the genital region.
The victim of a sex attack in Dunedin early on November 24 has told the court of her attacker punching her at least twice in the same area.
A pathologist also gave evidence of an injury from a similar blow being found on the body of Agnew.
Reid, 36, denies charges of raping and murdering Agnew, and the rape, sexual violation, attempted murder, and robbery of the woman in Dunedin.
The trial, which ended its second week on Friday, is before Justice Lester Chisholm and a jury.
Oct 17, 2008 3:41 PM
A woman corrections officer says Liam James Reid told her in prison that he wished it had been her daughter he had sexually attacked and strangled.
Reid is accused of the murder of Emma Agnew.
The woman, who has permanent name suppression, says he made the comment after she heard a conversation he was having with the man in the cell next door.
She told the High Court trial that she heard Reid discussing sexual prowess and sex games.
Reid then called out to her: "I wish it was your daughter I f****** and strangled."
She told the court she walked away, went to the guardroom, and wrote it down.
An hour and a quarter later, she again heard Reid yelling to the other inmate. She says she heard Reid say: "It was good to make the bitch beg. I had to strangle her to shut the silly cow up."
Defence counsel Glenn Henderson cross-examined the officer who told him that she had overheard the conversation Reid was having and wanted to make sure the man listening was all right.
Henderson asked her if she had told Reid that he was a filthy little animal.
"No, I don't accept that, I have great respect for animals," she said.
A nurse also working in the at the men's prison says she too overheard shocking comments.
"I heard the other prisoner laugh and then I heard Reid yell out if you're going to kill them you may as well **** them first," she says.
She rejected Reid's lawyer claim that she was simply hearing prisoner bravado.
The court also heard via video link from a Japanese tourist who had been sightseeing and drinking with Reid just hours before the rape of a Dunedin student. She says she declined his repeated offers for sex.
Darryl Kay gave evidence that he drove Reid from Dunedin to Christchurch on November 24 after picking him up hitchhiking at the start of the motorway just out of Dunedin at 4am. Kay said Reid told him that he had just had a good night out.
He said Reid was very talkative at the start of the trip, and apologised for smelling badly. Kay said he was not comfortable with the conversation - he said it was crude stuff.
He says Reid told him his Mrs was a slut, that he could do whatever he liked to her, including punching her in the genital region.
The victim of a sex attack in Dunedin early on November 24 has told the court of her attacker punching her at least twice in the same area.
A pathologist also gave evidence of an injury from a similar blow being found on the body of Agnew.
Reid, 36, denies charges of raping and murdering Agnew, and the rape, sexual violation, attempted murder, and robbery of the woman in Dunedin.
The trial, which ended its second week on Friday, is before Justice Lester Chisholm and a jury.
