Kelsall stalked two other men, changed his story
Convicted murderer Daniel Jack Kelsall was not initially considered a suspect in the murder of Morgan Huxley even though he had stalked two other men.
When police interviewed Kelsall, 22, he was not considered a suspect, according to the officer in charge of the investigation.
After police arrested Kelsall, two men came forward and reported encounters with him.
One man told police Kelsall stalked him to his door and then ran off when confronted. This occurred a week after the murder of Huxley.
Another man said Kelsall tried to ambush outside his apartment while he was having a cigarette months before the murder.
Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Dukes told the court he thought Kelsall, seen in CCTV video jogging after Huxley on September 8 2013 was just a strange young man a first.
Kelsall initially told police, on September 24 2013, that he never entered Huxley’s Neutral Bay apartment. Police then started looking at other people, including girlfriends and work colleagues.
Huxley had been dating several women at the same time, and at least two of them found out about each other. He had been heard describing one as a “psycho”. He had also fought with his landlord, who was allegedly extremely angry with Huxley when he mooned him in front of potential clients.
Two days after Kelsall’s first interview he rang police and told them he had not been honest.
In a second interview, which took place in a Woolworths carpark, he told Detective Dukes that he had indeed entered Huxley’s apartment after meeting him in the Royal Oaks Hotel. He claimed the pair had consensual sex. He said he then left the apartment once Huxley fell asleep but noticed a blonde woman approaching the unit as he was leaving.
He told Dukes: “She saw me coming out and I think that's why he got murdered.”
The second interview was deemed inadmissible in court, so the jury never heard about it.
Soon after this interview Kelsall got a lawyer and stopped talking to police, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
During the trial he changed his story, telling the court a sexual encounter with Huxley and himself was interrupted by an intruder. Kelsall said they were both assaulted and he ran away because he was scared.
The jury found Kelsall guilty of murder and indecent assault.
He is due to be sentenced next month.
