Qld: Alleged killer told to use courtesy bus to move body: court

AAP General News (Australia)
12-10-2009
Qld: Alleged killer told to use courtesy bus to move body: court

By Christine Flatley

BRISBANE, Dec 10 AAP - A witness in the case of an alleged murder of a chef has told
a court he suggested the accused use a hotel courtesy bus to transport the body.

Giving evidence in the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Thursday, Carlo Carter said he
told Lochlan-Lee Brett Belford to wait until after midnight before he used the Rising
Sun Hotel's "fun bus" to move and dump Wayne Williams' body.

Mr Carter said his suggestion was part of a "stall plan" to prevent Mr Williams' alleged
killers from leaving the pub before police arrived.

"I thought at least if they did get away at 12 o'clock the cops would know what to
look for," he said.

Mr Carter, a former chef at Rosewood pub, told the court he hatched the plan after
Belford revealed he had killed Mr Williams.

"He told me `You know that chef Wayne ... he's dead'," Mr Carter said.

"(Belford) said he tried to strangle him or something."

Mr Carter said he had the conversation shortly after he walked into one of the hotel
rooms, and saw Belford standing over Mr Williams, who was lying on the floor.

Mr Carter told the court he saw a third man sitting on the bed, who the prosecution
alleges was 61-year-old Raymond John Bound.

Bound and Belford, 21, have both pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Williams.

Mr Carter said after he gave Belford the keys to the courtesy bus he drove to a nearby
police station and told them what had happened.

The court was told police attended the hotel a short time later and arrested Belford and Bound.

The court earlier heard the prosecution is alleging the pair had different motives
for killing Mr Williams.

Crown Prosecutor Vicki Loury said Bound had been angry the 28-year-old chef owed him
a $550 drug debt, while Belford was convinced Mr Williams had given him AIDS during their
occasional sexual encounters.

The court was told Mr Williams tested negative to the virus when he underwent a post-mortem
examination.

The trial continues before Justice Peter Applegarth.

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