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Daniel Morcombe trial: paedophile denies asking friends for an alibi Daniel Morcombe trial: paedophile denies asking friends for an alibi
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A convicted paedophile has denied he disappeared for hours on the day Daniel Morcombe vanished and later asked friends to give him an alibi.A convicted paedophile has denied he disappeared for hours on the day Daniel Morcombe vanished and later asked friends to give him an alibi.
Douglas Jackway, 37, denied any involvement in the 13-year-old’s murder when he appeared as a witness in the trial of accused killer Brett Peter Cowan on Tuesday.Douglas Jackway, 37, denied any involvement in the 13-year-old’s murder when he appeared as a witness in the trial of accused killer Brett Peter Cowan on Tuesday.
Under cross examination by Cowan’s barrister, Jackway also denied changing his story about what he was doing on 7 December 2003 when Daniel vanished from the side of a Sunshine Coast road.Under cross examination by Cowan’s barrister, Jackway also denied changing his story about what he was doing on 7 December 2003 when Daniel vanished from the side of a Sunshine Coast road.
The increasingly frustrated witness told Brisbane supreme court via video link that suggestions he tried to coerce friends into providing him with an alibi were incorrect.The increasingly frustrated witness told Brisbane supreme court via video link that suggestions he tried to coerce friends into providing him with an alibi were incorrect.
Jackway was cross examined for two hours by defence barrister Angus Edwards about his criminal history and his movements leading up to and after Daniel’s disappearance.Jackway was cross examined for two hours by defence barrister Angus Edwards about his criminal history and his movements leading up to and after Daniel’s disappearance.
The court heard he had served more than eight years’ imprisonment from 1995 for the sexual assault of a boy.The court heard he had served more than eight years’ imprisonment from 1995 for the sexual assault of a boy.
He was released one month before Daniel vanished and appeared in a Sunshine Coast court the day after the teen’s disappearance.He was released one month before Daniel vanished and appeared in a Sunshine Coast court the day after the teen’s disappearance.
Jackway said he had planned to go to the Sunshine Coast to stay with his sister on 7 December but had changed his mind.Jackway said he had planned to go to the Sunshine Coast to stay with his sister on 7 December but had changed his mind.
He had been in Goodna – where he lived west of Brisbane – during the day and visited a friend in the afternoon.He had been in Goodna – where he lived west of Brisbane – during the day and visited a friend in the afternoon.
“I suggest to you ... you left in your blue Commodore and you were gone for five or six hours ... between the hours of 11am and 4.30pm,” Edwards said.“I suggest to you ... you left in your blue Commodore and you were gone for five or six hours ... between the hours of 11am and 4.30pm,” Edwards said.
“That’s incorrect,” Jackway replied.“That’s incorrect,” Jackway replied.
“I suggest that when you returned home around 4.30pm you were in an agitated state,” Edwards said. “I suggest that when you returned home around 4.30pm you were in an agitated state,” Edwards said.
“That’s incorrect.”“That’s incorrect.”
Multiple witnesses have told the court they saw a blue car near a boy matching Daniel’s description around the time the teen went missing.Multiple witnesses have told the court they saw a blue car near a boy matching Daniel’s description around the time the teen went missing.
The witness became angry at Edwards’s questions and verbally abused him several times.The witness became angry at Edwards’s questions and verbally abused him several times.
“If you’re going to call me a liar I’ll start refusing to talk,” he said at one point.“If you’re going to call me a liar I’ll start refusing to talk,” he said at one point.
Cowan, 44, has pleaded not guilty to murder, indecent treatment of a child and interfering with a corpse.Cowan, 44, has pleaded not guilty to murder, indecent treatment of a child and interfering with a corpse.
The trial continues.The trial continues.