A KEY prosecution witness in the alleged murder of autistic Scarsdale teenager Timothy O'Brien has admitted to a jury she lied to police shortly after the January 5, 2013, incident in which the 14-year-old died.
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The witness, who The Courier has chosen not to name, spent most of Wednesday and all of Thursday being cross-examined by one of the accused axe killer's defence counsel.
The witness told the Supreme Court parts of her original police statement were "inaccurate", while a new statement she made in November last year saw her become a prosecution witness.
The jury heard a murder charge against the woman was dropped shortly after she made her new statement and that she later pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
EARLIER IN THE TRIAL:
The same witness on Wednesday relived the terrifying ordeal in the early hours of January 5 last year when she saw Darren Wilson and another man allegedly kill Timothy with an axe.
Wilson, 34, of Ballarat, is standing trial in the Supreme Court having pleaded not guilty to the murder in which Timothy died due to "severe trauma" to the head, consistent with being struck repeatedly with an axe.
Timothy's body was found by police at a Scarsdale home on the morning of January 5, 2013.
Wilson and a 16-year-old girl he considered his "new girlfriend" had lured Timothy's stepfather, Peter Williams, to the house out of a mutual desire to bash him.
The jury has heard Mr Williams was Wilson's first cousin and their relationship had deteriorated in the weeks leading up to Timothy's death.
The court has heard Wilson's "girlfriend" and two other women went to Peter Williams' Smythesdale home before the alleged murder and lured him to the Scarsdale home, telling him they were scared of prowlers.
The jury has heard Wilson was waiting at the home and began bashing Mr Williams on arrival.
Crown prosecutor Andrew Tinney SC said in his opening address to the jury that Timothy went with his stepfather due to an "inseparable" bond between the pair.
The jury has heard Timothy, armed with a baseball bat, used it to first hit Wilson after he jumped from a room and began bashing Mr Williams.
Wilson was knocked to the ground before another man approached Timothy.
Timothy also struck that man with the baseball bat before the man chased him out of the home and began the attack which would kill Timothy.
The trial before Justice Betty King continues.
