Recording reveals suspect's chilling words while on hold
A chilling emergency call reveals what a suspect said about his alleged victim, while he believed he was 'on hold' to triple-0.
Adrian Attwater was recorded calling his girlfriend Lynette Daley 'a 'f***in' b****' while he thought he was on hold to an operator in 2011, according to an ABC Four Corners report.
Ms Daley, 33, a mother of seven, was found naked, bruised and bloodied on Ten Mile Beach in Northern NSW in January 2011.
An autopsy later found she had died from blunt force genital tract trauma after 'prolonged vigorous punching motions' allegedly carried out by Mr Attwater.
Mr Attwater and his friend, Paul Maris, took Ms Daley to the beach for a camping trip the day before she was allegedly assaulted on Australia Day.
The two men were known to police at the time.
It’s alleged they forced Ms Daley to perform a series of sex acts in the back of Maris’ 4WD while she was intoxicated.
Mr Maris told police he engaged in a sex act with Ms Daley while he witnessed a violent sex act by Mr Attwater carried out at the same time.
The woman bled to death while she was naked on the beach, suffering shocking internal injuries.
A forensic pathologist who examined Ms Daley said the injuries she sustained 'were more severe than those which occur in childbirth'.
It is believed the pair burned the blood-soaked mattress and some of Ms Daley's clothing, then called a fisherman to help, claiming she had collapsed while swimming.
In an emergency call to NSW Ambulance service Mr Attwater was heard saying: “C'mon, wake up babe where are ya? Hey ya? You f***in' b****... What a good f***in' Australia Day, f***'s sake...f***ing hell you bloody b****.”
It's believed he thought was was on hold at the time.
It is alleged Mr Attwater attempted to clean blood from the interior of the vehicle, seats and an esky, but UV light revealed the seats were covered in Ms Daley's blood.
The next day he was reportedly photographed slumped against the 4WD, wearing a pair of jeans stained with what was believed to be Ms Daley’s blood.
Experts told ABC they believed Daley was highly intoxicated during her encounter with the accused, and had a blood alcohol reading of 0.352.
Three months after Ms Daley's death, police charged Mr Attwater with manslaughter and Mr Maris with being an accessory after the fact to manslaughter.
However, the Director of Public Prosecutions withdrew both charges in 2012 before they reached a committal hearing.
After a 2014 inquest, NSW State Coroner Michael Barnes referred the men to the DPP after finding a ‘reasonable prospect’ that a jury would convict the pair of an offence.
However, the DPP refused to charge them.
Mr Barnes said Ms Daley was too drunk to give consent to the sexual acts which allegedly caused her death, with a blood-alcohol reading of 0.35, and that her lack of resisting should not have been interpreted as consent.
Mr Barnes also said he did not accept Ms Daley was able to go swimming just minutes before she allegedly collapsed and died from blood loss.
Executive officer of Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia, Karen Willis, has called on the DPP director to reconsider his decision.
"A woman has died in the most horrendous of circumstances and a coroner's court seems to be indicating there is a case to answer," she told The Daily Telegraph.
