NSW: Childs suspect refuses to answer questions on death=2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-15-2006
NSW: Childs suspect refuses to answer questions on death=2

Mr Singleton put to Mr Correll that, in the days after Ms Childs was killed, he had
"undertaken the task of clearing out her office, clearing out her desk".

He said he had also given information to police which led to five other people being
identified as suspects in the case, including Ms Childs' former boyfriend, a neighbour
and someone with whom she'd swapped cars.

"In so giving information to police ... you raised for the consideration of police
investigation ... five people that became persons of interest, didn't you?" Mr Singleton
said.

"You did not raise with police that Rachelle had met someone over the internet and
gone to see that person, did you?"

Mr Correll continued his refusal to answer the questions.

Mr Singleton told the inquest earlier this week that Ms Childs in 2001 left her boyfriend
of five years to pursue a relationship with someone she'd met over the internet.

While questioning Mr Correll at the time, Mr Singleton reminded him of the failure
of his own marriage in similar circumstances.

At the direction of Deputy State Coroner Jane Culver, Mr Correll agreed he had earlier
told the inquest he'd read a number of things about the case in the media.

But he refused to respond to whether he'd heard "rumours and other bits of informal
information about what had happened to Rachelle Childs."

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