Qld: Police deny bloody sample tampering
BRISBANE, April 7 AAP - A Queensland policeman today denied interfering with bloodstained exhibits during the Leonard Fraser multiple murder investigation.
Convicted killer Fraser, 51, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Natasha Anne Ryan,14, Sylvia Maria Benedetti, 19, Beverly Leggo, 36, and Julie Dawn Turner, 39, betweenAugust 30, 1998 and April 24, 1999.
The jury has been told Fraser was convicted of the murder of nine-year-old Rockhamptonschoolgirl Keyra Steinhardt, after attacking her on a vacant lot, while she was walkinghome from school on April 22, 1999.
Giving evidence today, Detective Sergeant Darryl Howe told the Supreme Court in Brisbanethat he took the phone call, during the Keyra Steinhardt investigation, which reporteda man punching a girl in the head and then hiding her body in bushes.
Sgt Howe said he was one of the first police on the scene during the Steinhardt investigationand saw exhibits including blood stained grass.
Prosecutor Paul Rutledge asked him if he interfered in any way with the exhibits fromthe case, including a particular multi-tooled knife which belonged to Fraser.
"No, I did not," Sgt Howe replied.
He also denied going to the blood stained room in the derelict Queensland Hotel whereit's alleged Fraser killed Sylvia Benedetti.
The trial continues tomorrow.
AAP smk/sc/sek/br
KEYWORD: FRASER
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