Scarsdale murder trial: week two wrap

Peter Williams (Timothy's stepfather)

The 47-year-old first cousin of Darren Wilson and stepfather of Timothy.
The man Wilson and his 16-year-old "girlfriend" lured to the girl's Scarsdale home so he could be bashed.
Told jury he had done maintenance work on the girl's house in the past and had met her several times.
Said he'd never had any trouble with the girl.
Spoke of his bond with Timothy. "Most of the time he was with me," he told the jury.
Said he was scared of his cousin, Darren Wilson. "I was more frightened of him than anything else."
Said he believed it was Wilson who broke into his home days before the alleged murder and left a threatening note.
Mr Williams contacted a local policeman and told him he didn't want Wilson coming to his house again.
He gave the policeman $150, money he owed Wilson, which the officer then gave to Wilson.
Spoke of the night he was lured to the Scarsdale home.
Said he was woken by Timothy and his stepdaughter, they had heard people knocking on the door.
He rang the girl to see if it was her, it was.
"She just said the she had prowlers over the house," he told the jury.
"She looked like she was scared."
Said he and Timothy followed the girl back to her home.
"He (Timothy) wanted to come along," he said.
"He wouldn't go anywhere without me."
He said he was jumped by Wilson when he walked into the Scarsdale home.
He said Wilson had a pillowcase over his head, but he knew it was him because of his t-shirt.
Mr Williams said Wilson punched him repeatedly in the nose before Timothy began hitting Wilson with a baseball bat.
"I noticed Darren went to the ground," he said.
"I turned around to run out the back door. I thought that he (Timothy) was behind me, running with me, or beside me."
Said he saw Wilson's co-accused standing at the back door, holding an axe above his head.
He said he was running towards his car because he wanted to get help and he heard someone yell out "let him go".
He said he got into his car and tried to call police, but couldn't get any phone reception.
Said he could see Timothy laying on his stomach.
"Timmy had his head up in the air... I thought I heard him yelling."
He then drove up the road where he got phone reception and called triple zero.
He then drove to his Smythesdale home and picked up Timothy's mother and sister.
They were heading back to the Scarsdale house when they were stopped by police at the Scarsdale Post Office.
The police told them Timothy was dead.

Deborah O'Brien (Timothy's mother)

Told jury she had been in a relationship with Mr Williams for about four years.
Said she tried to stop Timothy from going with Mr Williams to the Scarsdale home.
"I did try to stop him," she told the jury.
"I couldn't stop him."

Witness who cannot be named

Said the girl who lured Mr Williams to her house was laughing as she did so.
Cross examined by Wilson's barrister, the witness agreed that the girl had been "jovial and happy".

Belinda Issacs

The ex-girlfriend of Wilson's co-accused.
Told the jury that six windows of her Wendouree home were smashed in the early hours on January 5.
The jury has heard it was Wilson and his co-accused who smashed the windows, with the co-accused using the same axe which was allegedly used to kill Timothy.

Gerard Styles

Scarsdale man who had known Mr Williams for about 10 years.
Also knew the 16-year-old girl living at the Scarsdale home where Timothy's body was found.
Said he'd received a text from the girl after midnight on January 5, 2013.
"They were scared about some noises they were hearing at the house," he told the jury.
"I said 'I'll race around now and have a quick look'."
Said he went around and looked, but couldn't see anything.
Said he later received a call from the girl who said Wilson had called her and said: 'Gerard wasn't at the house for very long.'
He also told the jury that he received a call from Peter Williams, about 4.56am on January 5.
"Peter said 'it's Darren and they've got Timmy on the ground, can you come around and help'," he said.
Said he also got a call from the girl living at the Scarsdale house, who told him "the (expletive) has hit the fan".
He said police were already at the house when he arrived.

Lisa Trezise

Drove Wilson and his co-accused (her boyfriend at the time) to the Scarsdale home of Wilson's "girlfriend" on the night of the alleged murder.
Also drove Wilson's 16-year-old "girlfriend" to Peter Williams' home so she could lure him back.
Told the jury she saw both Wilson and the co-accused first punching Timothy and then allegedly hitting him with the axe.
She said the co-accused initiated the attack on Timothy and then allegedly used the blunt side of the axe to hit him in the head.
She said Wilson then came outside and started punching Timothy before he grabbed the axe, turned it over to its bladed side and allegedly began striking Timothy to the head.
She told the jury that Wilson threatened other young children nearby before he and the co-accused directed her to drive them back to Ballarat.
She said she was then instructed, by Wilson, to put the co-accused in the shower because he was covered in blood.
She said Wilson then told her to put their clothes in the washing machine, as they were also covered in blood.
She said Wilson then hid the baseball bat and the axe in a back shed.
He then called a taxi and left.

Witness who cannot be named

Had been living at the house where Timothy's body was found for only four days.
Went with two other women to Peter Williams' home, with one of them luring Mr Williams back to their Scarsdale home.
Said she was just about to go to bed when Wilson and his co-accused arrived.
First person she saw was the co-accused, standing in the hallway with an axe.
"I freaked out, I said 'who the f are you'," she told the jury.
Said she heard both Wilson and the co-accused discussing a plan to lure Mr Williams to the house, with Wilson saying he would "smash the (expletive) out of him".
She said Timothy was "happy" when the group went to Mr Williams' home to lure him back.
She said she asked the others why Timothy was so happy and they told her he was autistic.
Said she saw Wilson jump from a room and begin punching Mr Williams and said there were "fights" everywhere.
Said she saw the co-accused on top of Timothy, punching him and that she pleaded with him to get off.
She said she went into a bathroom with another girl and tried to call the police.
She said it was in the bathroom that she heard Timothy screaming "really bad".
She said she and two others then ran from the house and hid in a paddock.
"We hid in the grass and started calling the police'" she said.
Said they heard the group, including Wilson and the co-accused, leave in a car.
Said they returned to the house and saw Timothy dead on the ground.

Scarsdale murder trial: week two wrap

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