William Tyrrell’s foster mother accused of lying
A senior detective has accused the foster mother of missing boy William Tyrrell of lying about his whereabouts.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared in Downing Centre Local Court, accused of lying to the NSW Crime Commission.
The charges are not related to William Tyrell who went missing in 2014 from a home on the NSW mid-north coast in 2014.
Instead, the woman is being questioned about whether or not she lied about hitting a child in her care with a wooden spoon.
“I have formed the view (she) knows where William Tyrrell is,” Detective Sergeant Andrew Lonergan told the court, 7News reported.
Her Barrister John Stratton SC said the police charged her for allegedly lying to “break her spirit”.
“Our main objective is to find out where William Tyrrell is,” Lonergan responded.
The court heard some audio recordings in which police allege the woman is hitting a child with a wooden spoon.
The child can be heard threatening to call the police if the woman didn’t stop hitting them.
A woman can be then heard telling the child to “stand up” three times.
“Where’d you put the wooden spoon?” the court heard a woman on the recording say.
The audio then plays some pleading, screaming and cries from a child before the woman allegedly tells the child to turn around and smacks them.
An intercepted phone call later plays and the woman is telling her husband: “She’s still going on about it”.
The hearing continues.
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