COMMITTAL WEDNESDAY 29TH SEPT

Today the papers did not bother to print a thing. Today Ms Bowman was thoroughly cross examined.

I once read a comment which said.............

The media leave out relevant facts in articles which clarifies the situation. They only use selected bits of information to sensationalise the story just to sell newspapers. Like the saying goes, "You don't let the facts get in the way of a good story".

Tomorrow Ms Bowman will be again cross examined, i wonder IF and WHAT the papers will print.

Links to cases where people have been wrongfully accused and most did many years jail. Most people believe a person is guilty because they are charged for that crime, because of what they read in papers, because the law says it has its evidence etc etc. Below are links related to some stories about how anyone can end up in jail and persecuted and then found to be innocent. Some cases it was astounding as to how a person was ever charged in the first place.

Of course im not saying that all people are innocent of what they are accused of, but some think that just because you are charged, you must be guilty.

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/how-the-mallard-case-unfolded-20081007-4vhk.html

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/sunday-mail/graham-stafford-had-no-time-to-kill-leanne-stafford/story-e6frep2o-1225815439042

http://www.lindychamberlain.com/content/story/why

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/hey-hey-its-a-very-sad-day-for-justice-20100610-y0cz.html

http://thecurvature.com/2010/05/07/release-of-innocent-man-shows-huge-flaws-in-sexual-assault-prosecutions/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Stafford

COMMITTAL TUESDAY 28TH SEPT

by Jasmin Lill

From: The Courier-Mail

September 29, 2010 12:00AM

ACCUSED triple murderer Max Sica once frightened a female friend by following her home with his car lights off, a court heard.

Andrea Bowman said the incident occurred about 20 years ago when the pair were teenagers.

Sica, 40, is facing a committal hearing in the Brisbane Magistrates Court, charged with the murders of his girlfriend Neelma Singh, 24, and her siblings Kunal, 18, and Sidhi, 12.

As teenagers, Bowman said she and Sica would go driving to places including Mt Coot-tha where they'd sit in their cars and talk for hours.

"We were good friends. I felt like a sister to him," she said.

But she said Sica had more romantic feelings towards her, and bought her an expensive toy bear. She told him they had no future as a couple, and claimed his mother later said the rejection had a bigger effect on him than she thought.

Bowman also recalled that Sica followed her home with his car lights off when they were teens. "He frightened me," she said. "I don't know what it was about. It was odd."

She said Sica got out of his car and she screamed at him not to come near her.

"Someone opened their door, some lights came on and he got back in his car."

Bowman said she later spoke to Sica about it, and he said he was just following her to see what she was up to after work.

Under cross-examination by defence counsel Sam Di Carlo, Bowman spoke of the two sides of Sica that she called Massimo and Max. "When we were young, he'd get glassy-eyed, and I thought 'there's something not right'," she said.

Bowman described Max as funny and bright with a softer nature. "He's someone you can be very fond of. That's the side that tends to get down and reflective." The other side seemed to "have more presence". "He can be more threatening. It's just completely contrasting behaviour to the softer, placid side."

The hearing continues.

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Ms Bowman although thinking all this still continued seeing Max, went for drives with him and then was the one to make initial contact with Max many years later when she found out about the Singh murders. She says Max had more romantic feelings towards her and that she just wanted a friendship etc etc, she said he would get glassy eyed and that she thought "there`s something not right"............
Ms Bowman even though feeling what she did about him (when they were teenagers), still made contact with him more than ten years later of her own accord.
Seems strange to me that you would want to see someone so many years later if you truly believe what Ms Bowman has said.

Just A COMMENT

P.S. Ms Bowman also agreed that what is in her statement is inconsistent to her testimony in court. (about max blowing up roma st police station) In her statement she said it was an immature and silly comment from someone who is hurt and angry but still a silly comment, and in court it appeared cold and calculated, that ie max was anxious, nervous and serious. Her reason for the inconsistency - Her "view" on how she viewed things has changed and matured since. She is now 41 years of age.

YOU DO THE MATHS

A WITNESS giving evidence in the case of three murdered siblings has admitted to using newspaper reports to help write her police statement.

Neelma Singh, 24, and her siblings Kunal, 18, and Sidhi, 12, were found dead in the spa at their family's Bridgeman Downs home on Brisbane's northside on April 22, 2003.

Max Sica, who was Neelma's boyfriend in the months before her death, is facing three charges of murder and has been in custody since December 2008.

At a committal hearing in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday, Sica's friend Andrea Louise Bowman said she used newspaper reports to help "time mark'' conversations she had with Sica over seven years.

During cross examination, defence lawyer Sam Di Carlo put to Ms Bowman that without researching newspaper articles she had limited recollections.

"I remember saying to (Sica) 'Have you seen this in the paper?''' Ms Bowman said.



"That's how I initiated contact with him.''

Ms Bowman said she started putting together her statement at a police station but found she was able to remember conversations and events better by doing it in her own time at home and using newspaper reports as prompts.

"The articles were time markers,'' she said.

Mr Di Carlo challenged Ms Bowman on whether it was possible she could confuse the newspaper stories with actual recollections.

"In ordinary human beings our subconscious, when we read something our minds (store it) as memory and we can get part of that story confused with actual recollections,'' Mr Di Carlo said.

"I don't know whether that happens or doesn't happen,'' Ms Bowman said.

Mr Di Carlo asked Ms Bowman if she hears voices.

"Did you hear voices saying 'Shut up, shut up?'''

She replied she heard a "voice of reason'' telling her not to do something in some situations, but not "crazy voices''.

Ms Bowman denied she was writing a book on the Singh murder case.

"I don't have a proposed book, I have had seven years of this, I don't want a day more,'' she told the court.

The court was told Ms Bowman suffers from a neurological condition which in the past had caused her to suffer "seniors moments'' and affected her memory.

The committal hearing continues

YOU DO THE MATHS........
Ms Bowman said in court today, "i have had seven yrs of this, i dont want a day more!"

Ms Bowman was 19 at the time she worked for the Sica family for about a year in 1989. She made allegations against Max`s brother in law and then went to work for Max`s father, whom she later also accused of making a pass at her.

After ten years of no contact, Ms Bowman decided to get in touch with Max as soon as she came to know of the triple murders. The first time she met Max (after the murders) was on the 29th May 2003, she then had a few phone calls and meetings before a significant (4 hr conversation) with Max on 16/07/03. The next day (17/07/03) police went to speak to Ms Bowman about an unrelated matter. Ms Bowman asked the officer about the Singh case and told him that she was a friend of Max`s. She mentioned Max to this officer at least twice, despite the "matter" being unrelated.

Over the years, she spoke to the police 70 times, and was shocked to hear the figure herself. (41 of these conversations are recorded)

The police asked Ms Bowman (and other people close to max) if they would tape record conversations with Max. Detective Zitny gave her a recorder in 2003, which she only used ONCE. Despite telling Det Zitny in 2007 that Max had, and or started making "partial admissions",to her, Ms Bowman continued not to record any of the conversations. Even the "notes" that she made only contained the scenario of which they spoke about, not the conversation itself. On the 22/04/08, five yrs after Max discovered the bodies, Ms Bowman had a conversation with Max where she WAS wearing a police wire.

Ms Bowman herself admitted that she would initiate all contact and conversation, that she would present scenario`s to Max and then they discussed the hypothesis about what the killers may have done. She also acknowledged the fact that she would do most of the talking.

Ms Bowman was in contact with the lead Detective (mr zitny)from 2003.
We all know the different technique police use to carry out investigations, but even a child can tell you that the best method would be to use a suspects friend, or someone close. Ms Bowman herself stated that Max would often ask if she was wired, pat her for bugs, ask if he was busted, (through her), to tell her "detective friends" that he didnt give her any information. She also stated that Max too would record the conversation.

Ms Bowman thought that her conversations with Max was a secret, and only between the two of them. Little does she know that their conversations was a hot topic in the Sica family and friends as Max would avoid her at times and always told everyone that she worked for the police, presenting their scenario`s and then directing questions towards Max as if she was speaking to the real killer.

Initially, she would just ask Max lots of questions about the crime scene and what he saw, she then slowly transitioned the conversations in an attempt to get a "partial admission" through her presentation of different scenario`s and hypothesis and talking to Max as if he was the killer.

Ms Bowman got herself involved in this case out of her own accord, despite having a husband and family. According to the police, Ms Bowman had her "own" reasons and "agendas" for involvement and never worked for them. In 2008, the night prior to either the raid or arrest in relation to the sex charges (will confirm which) Ms Bowman happens to call Max again and tries to organize a meeting for the next day. She then attempted to call Max a number of times when he was out of bail for 6 weeks, even using a different number when she noticed Max not answering.

On the 30th Dec 2008, Max was arrested for the Singh murders,5 and a half yrs after their deaths. Ms Bowman, despite knowing that Max was arrested, called the Sica residence and went over to talk to Max`s wife and mother about the sex charges. (Jan/Feb 2009) She also sent a letter to Max after this event in prison. Funny part is Detective Zitny was working for the child protection and investigation unit at Pine Rivers in 2008, but i guess that too is a coincidence.

I dont know about you, but to me this does not sound like a person who "doesnt want a day more" of this. Everyone knows that if a situation is causing you stress (and moreso none of your business) you avoid the situation altogether. It does not take a genius, but a LOGICAL person to figure out what to do if they do not want to be part of an investigation, especially one as large and complex as the Singh murders. Even his wife lost most of her friends and relatives, because they do not want their names associated with this matter. You dont really need the boring details to add the sum, just do the maths yourself.

COMMITTAL MONDAY 27TH SEPT

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/accused-murderer-had-eyes-like-a-pit-bull-20100927-15th4.html

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/witness-in-max-sica-trial-used-newspaper-reports-to-write-statement/story-e6frg6nf-1225930069862?from=public_rss

http://www.news.com.au/max-sica-accused-of-murdering-singh-siblings-allegedly-told-friend-of-victims-pleas/story-e6freoof-1225930218980?from=public_rss

The police know from day one and so does anybody that has been to the committal and heard the crime scene evidence that Sidhi was killed while she was sleeping. (all evidence points to this. example blood spatter) It was also mentioned during the early years many times in the media.

COMMITTAL FRIDAY 24TH SEPT

Court told Max Sica `confided in writer'
Lisa Martin From: AAP September 24, 2010 4:49PM

A MAN accused of slaying three siblings told a woman writing a book about him that she would become famous if she got his confession, a court has heard.

Neelma Singh, 24, and her siblings Kunal, 18, and Sidhi, 12, were found dead in the spa at their family's Brisbane home on April 22, 2003.

Max Sica, who was Neelma's boyfriend in the months before her death, is facing three charges of murder.

A committal hearing in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday heard Sica had been approached to write a book, but he thought his friend Andrea Louise Bowman could do a better job.

Ms Bowman kept diary notes about conversations she had with Sica in 2007.

She said Sica would sometimes become "paranoid", ask her if she was a police officer and wonder aloud if she was scared in his company.

"He asked if I had video surveillance in my sunglasses," she told the committal hearing.


"(During another conversation) he told me 'If you got my confession you would be famous . . . and get paid'."

The court heard Ms Bowman told Sica she had a dream about the killings.

"There were gurgling sounds . . . I just wanted the sound to stop," she said.

"(Sica) said: 'Maybe that's why I ran the spa."'

She said Sica told her Neelma had a bad temper and slept with a machete under her bed.

Ms Bowman told the court she recalled asking Sica whether he killed the children to get back at their mother Shirley Singh, who the court had earlier in the week heard was having an affair with a younger man.

"He said: 'Yes, I blame her, she should never have taken him back'," she said.

Ms Bowman said she had asked Sica if he panicked after killing the Singh siblings.

"He said: 'Of course you panic, you just killed those bitches, you have to get out of there'," she said.

She told the court she remembered telling Sica about a comment his mother had made: "What kind of monster kills them and puts them in a bath to make them into soup?"

"He asked: 'Did she say that?' I said: 'Yes, she said that to me on the phone'... (and) he hung his head," she said.

Defence counsel Sam Di Carlo told the court Ms Bowman had worked with police for four years under the guise of writing a book and her witness statement resembled a Mills and Boon fiction novel.

The committal hearing continues.

COMMITTAL THURSDAY 23RD SEPT

Friend pens book about Singh murder accused Max Sica
Jasmin Lill From: The Courier-Mail September 23, 2010 11:51PM

THE man accused of slaying three siblings was the subject of a book being written by a friend, a court has been told.

Max Sica, 40, is in custody facing a committal hearing in the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged with killing his former girlfriend Neelma Singh, 24, her brother Kunal, 18, and sister Sidhi, 12. Their bodies were found in a spa at their Bridgeman Downs home, on Brisbane's northside, in April 2003.

Sica's friend Andrea Louise Bowman said Sica had been approached to write a book after the killings but he thought she would do it better.

Bowman said she produced four or five pages to show to Sica but she described it as a ''mock book''.

''I was very interested in finding out what was going on with Max. There were way too many inconsistencies,'' she said.

Bowman said Sica was pleased with what she had written, which included a piece on people who had been wrongly imprisoned and later found to be innocent.

She said Sica agreed to get a copy of his criminal record to include in the book, and also posed for pictures.

''I said if he got arrested and taken away, I wouldn't have access to him to take a photo,'' Bowman said.

She said that as she entered his house for a photo shoot in 2006, Sica had checked her camera for listening devices.

While speaking to Sica, she said he spoke of holding Neelma's hand after finding her in the spa. ''He said, `I held Neelma's hand to say goodbye.' He said it was normal, it was soft,'' Bowman said.

But she said Sica later described Neelma's hand as ''curled over and stiff''.

During another conversation in Sica's bedroom, Bowman said Sica got ''glassy-eyed'' and his expression changed. ''He said, 'Do you ever think you're lucky I didn't kill you?'.'' she recounted.

She said Sica came close to her with a nail file and said: ''I could kill you right now.''

''He looked gleeful, like this was arousing,'' she said. She told the court she was starting to see ''both sides'' of her friend's personality.

''There's the soft, supportive, protective side, then there's the other side that's more venomous,'' she said. ''Max will either adore or despise you. If he despised you, you were going to be in trouble.''

After the pair met up at the Everton Park Hotel in 2007, Bowman said Sica told her: ''If I ever find out you're talking to the detectives, I'll take you for a little drive.''

Defence counsel Sam Di Carlo said Bowman had worked with police for four years under the guise of writing the book, and that her witness statement resembled a Mills and Boon.

The hearing continues.

COMMITTAL WEDNESDAY 22ND SEPT

Singh murder accused Max Sica threatened kill spree and police HQ attack, court told
Jasmin Lill From: The Courier-Mail September 22, 2010 11:23PM

ALLEGED triple murderer Max Sica boasted he would blow up Queensland Police headquarters and go on a killing spree, slaying more people than the man responsible for the Port Arthur massacre, a court heard yesterday.

The Singh siblings Neelma, 24, Kunal, 18, and Sidhi, 12, were killed in their home at Bridgeman Downs on Brisbane's northside in April 2003.

Sica, 40, is in custody facing a committal hearing in the Brisbane Magistrate's Court.

His friend Andrea Louise Bowman told the court Sica had spoken to her in the aftermath of the deaths.

"He said, 'I'm going to be done for the murders and when I do, I'm going to blow up the Roma St police headquarters','' she said.

Bowman claimed Sica said he would go on a killing spree, killing more people than the man responsible for the Port Arthur massacre, Martin Bryant, but wouldn't be dumb enough to get caught for it.

"He gets a lot of fan mail in prison,'' Sica allegedly said of Bryant.

Bowman said she also spoke to Sica about a news story where the Singh family had produced a letter from Kunal "beyond the grave" where he "wrote" to his murderer.

"Max scoffed and said, 'why didn't I get one then?''' Bowman said.

She and Sica hypothesised about how the murders had occurred, and Sica said he was on to "the real killer".

"He said, 'I'm going to find them, I'm doing my own investigation'."

The court heard Sica also told Bowman how he'd discovered the three siblings dead in the spa.

Sica told her he'd gone to the house to take them to the movies but when no-one answered, he went inside.

Bowman said Sica told her how he turned off the running tap of the spa, and used a stick to lift blankets off it before a hand popped out.

"I knew it was Sidhi's because it was small,'' Sica allegedly told Bowman.

She said Sica also told her about finding girlfriend Neelma, who appeared to have a gunshot wound in her chest.

Bowman said Sica had told her the siblings' father Vijay was a violent man, and that Neelma was planning to leave as soon as she came into some money.

She claimed Sica said "anyway, they're better off dead".

Bowman also said Sica told her he'd done "all my crying" in the first three days after the siblings were discovered.

The hearing continues.
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Ms Bowman also ALLEGES in court that, Max told her he had a HIT LIST and that she (Bowman) was on THE TOP of this list. BUT it appears she continued seeing him many, many times after.

COMMITTAL TUESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER

Singh murders: cop quizzed over text message
September 22, 2010 - 12:00AM

A police officer allegedly forwarded a text message from the mobile phone of a dead woman to his private phone without logging it in police investigation records, a Brisbane court has heard.

Neelma Singh, 24, and her siblings Kunal, 18, and Sidhi, 12, were found dead in the spa at their family's Bridgeman Downs home on Brisbane's northside on April 22, 2003.

Max Sica, who was Neelma's boyfriend in the months before her death, is facing three charges of murder over the deaths and has been in custody since December 2008.

His committal hearing resumed in the Brisbane Magistrates Court yesterday.

The court was told Neelma sent an angry SMS message to a man by the name of Mr Lala saying: "I heard you met Max this week, before you accuse me, get your story straight. You have no right to say what you did".

This afternoon, Sica's defence lawyer Sam Di Carlo asked investigator Detective Senior Sergeant Andrew Massingham why, according to phone records, a police officer involved in the investigation, Detective Senior Constable Philip Heery, had sent the message to his own personal phone in November 2003.

"He was not a forensic officer," Mr Di Carlo said.

Det Sen Sgt Massingham said he did not consider it unusual and was not aware of any reasons for this action.

Mr Di Carlo said the action had not been noted in formal police records.

The court heard that on other occasions, Det Sen Const Heery and other officers had followed "proper procedure" and videotaped and tape-recorded their dealings with the mobile phone in question.

Earlier today, Neelma's Fijian former boyfriend, Jasveer Singh, 27, an accountant who worked for her father's automotive business in Fiji, gave evidence.

The court heard Mr Singh and Neelma had had a sexual relationship and had discussed getting married.

Mr Singh said he had phoned his girlfriend in December 2002 to wish her a happy birthday and, after a short conversation, she said she would phone him back because she was busy.

The court heard that Mr Singh called her five more times that day, but the phone connections dropped out or she didn't answer.

Mr Singh said he received a "polite" phone call, "not aggressive in nature", from Sica telling him that Neelma didn't want to talk to him and revealing his own relationship with Neelma.

"How did this make you feel?" Mr Di Carlo asked.

Mr Singh said: "If she was happy with Max, it was better for me to back out."

Mr Singh and other employees were with Neelma's parents, Shirley and Vijay Singh, in Fiji at about eight (local time) on the night they heard that three bodies had been found at their Brisbane home.

Jasveer Singh told the court he received a phone call about shots fired in Brisbane, but did not have specific recollections of it.
Asked if he had any Fijian friends who had been to Australia or if police had asked him about Neelma cheating on him, or whether officers had ever said they were investigating him as a suspect, he said: "No".
Mr Di Carlo told the court he was not suggesting Jasveer Singh was a suspect, but wanted to know if police had explored this possibility.
The court also heard a recording of a threatening message left on the telephone answering machine of Shirley and Vijay Singh's Brisbane home.
The speaker, a native Fijian, said: "I know where your family lives, Vijay, you f... with my family, I will f... with yours ... I'm going to rape your wife and daughters."
The committal hearing continues tomorrow.

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Neelma Singh's ex-boyfriend tells how he 'backed out' of relationship
From: AAP September 21, 2010 4:36PM

THE Fijian former boyfriend of a murdered Brisbane woman has told a court he thought it better to "back out" of their relationship if she'd found happiness with another man.

Neelma Singh, 24, and her siblings Kunal, 18, and Sidhi, 12, were found dead in the spa at their family's Bridgeman Downs home on Brisbane's northside on April 22, 2003.

Max Sica, who was Neelma's boyfriend in the months before her death, is facing three charges of murder over the deaths and has been in custody since December 2008.

His committal hearing resumed in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday after a 10-week adjournment.

Neelma's Fijian former boyfriend, Jasveer Singh, 27, an accountant who worked for her father's automotive business in Fiji, has travelled from his homeland to give evidence at the hearing.

The trip is his first visit to Australia.

The court heard Mr Singh and Neelma had had a sexual relationship and had discussed getting married.

Sica's defence counsel, Sam Di Carlo, asked Mr Singh what he knew about a man called Max.

Mr Singh told the court Neelma had said he was just a friend who was good with computers and had a sports car.

"She never spoke ill of him," he told the court.

Mr Di Carlo asked Mr Singh about phone calls between him and Neelma on December 29, 2002, and a call from Sica.

Mr Singh said he had phoned his girlfriend to wish her a happy birthday and, after a short conversation, she said she would phone him back because she was busy.

"She was happy I called," he said.

The court heard that Mr Singh called her five more times that day, but the phone connections dropped out or she didn't answer.

Mr Singh said he received a "polite" phone call "not aggressive in nature" from Sica telling him that Neelma didn't want to talk to him and revealing his own relationship with Neelma.

"How did this make you feel? ... You were going to marry this girl," Mr Di Carlo asked Jasveer.

Mr Singh said: "If she was happy with Max, it was better for me to back out".

Mr Singh and other employees were with Neelma's parents, Shirley and Vijay Singh, in Fiji at about 8pm (local time), on the night they heard that three bodies had been found at their Brisbane home.

Jasveer Singh told the court he received a phone call about shots fired in Brisbane but did not have specific recollections.

He said there was lots of crying and the Singhs hastily made arrangements to return to Australia.

Asked if he had any Fijian friends who had been to Australia or if police had asked him about Neelma cheating on him, or whether officers had ever said they were investigating him as a suspect, he said: "No".

Mr Di Carlo told the court he was not suggesting Jasveer Singh was a suspect, but wanted to know if police had explored this possibility.

Earlier today, the court heard a recording of a threatening message left on the telephone answering machine of Shirley and Vijay Singh's Brisbane home.

The speaker, a native Fijian, said: "I know where your family lives, Vijay, you f... with my family, I will f... with your's ... I'm going to rape your wife and daughters".

The committal hearing continues.

COMMENT MADE .................................

Not too sure. (easiest to say). But I think this guy did it and he / his friend started this blog to create a smokescreen.

To you anonymous, this is only part of the comment made by you. Did not put the rest because it is only a personal attack, with hate and malice. First of all Max nor a friend of his started this blog. Max is in jail and has no access to a computer so you should know that if you would just use some intelligence. This blog only states facts which have come out at the committal hearing so far. Some have been printed in the newspapers and other facts were never printed, so they are here for all to read.
Then what you said about no injuries on his body........is that something you know for a fact? In my opinion it only furthermore shows his innocence, then of course you are entitled to yours. In the meantime you are always welcome to just read on.

COMMITTAL HEARING STARTS AGAIN

Sica defence tells court of angry SMS from Neelma Singh to another man before her death

Petrina Berry From: The Courier-Mail September 20, 2010 8:00PM

AN acrimonious message was sent by Neelma Singh to a man the night before she and her siblings were killed in their Brisbane home, a court has heard.
Neelma, 24, and siblings Kunal, 18, and Sidhi, 12, were found dead in their Bridgeman Downs home, on Brisbane's northside, in April 2003.

Max Sica, Neelma's former boyfriend, is facing three charges of murder over the deaths. His committal hearing resumed in the Brisbane Magistrates Court yesterday after a 10-week adjournment.

Sica's defence counsel, Sam Di Carlo, told the court Neelma sent an angry SMS message to a man by the name of Mr Lala, saying: "Before you accuse me, get your story straight. You have no right to say what you did".

"Then there is a message from him (Mr Lala) the following morning, at 9.55am, which states: 'Can you meet me at the park behind my old house at 10.30am'," Mr Di Carlo said.

"This was almost the last contact, other than with Max Sica, with a person who appears she (Neelma) had some acrimony with in respect of bad-mouthing her around the place and he wants to meet her at 10.30. In the meantime she's dead."

Mr Di Carlo asked investigator Detective Senior Sergeant Andrew Massingham what inquiries police had made into Mr Lala.

Det Sen Sgt Massingham said statements from Mr Lala and his parents were taken and police understood he was at a wedding in bayside Sandgate the night before the Singhs were found dead.

Mr Di Carlo asked what other investigations were conducted into Mr Lala, including finding where he was at the time he replied to Neelma's text message the following morning. Det Sen Sgt Massingham said further inquiries would have been made.

"That inquiry (which mobile tower the message came from) would have been made by the intel (intelligence) office at this time. I don't have any recollection as to which tower it may or may not have bounced off," he said.

Mr Di Carlo told the court: "You (police) may not have been interested in anyone else but Max (Sica)."

Earlier in the day, the court heard an accusation that the children's mother, Shirley Singh, was having an affair with a younger man.

Psychic reader Helen Hextall told the court about the many conversations she had with Ms Singh before the murders.

She said Ms Singh had spoken of her affair with an Australian man 10 years her junior.

"She asked me if I thought he was a player," Ms Hextall said.

The hearing resumes on Tuesday.