Australia - GARY TWEDDLE - LEURA, NSW - 16th July 2013 *Media *Links *Timeline NO DISCUSSION

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Main Stream Media

Police NSW - Read More...
Missing Persons Week 2013 - NSW Police Profile Gary Tweddle
Monday, 29 July 2013 09:53:30 AM

NSW Police are appealing for public assistance, as part of Missing Persons Week, to locate missing 23-year-old, Gary Tweddle, last seen in the Blue Mountains earlier this month.

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Main Stream Media
MON 12TH AUG 2013

- Sydney Morning Herald. Read More...
Disappearance has community baffled
Police says he told his colleagues he was running and sounded as he was jumping or leaping over things as he spoke to them.
They pleaded with him to stay where he was and to look in a letter box to find out exactly where he was on Watkins Road.

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Main Stream Media
MON 12TH AUG 2013

- Sydney Morning Herald. Read More...
Disappearance has community baffled


Timeline
- Gary Tweddle goes to a work dinner at Silk’s Brasserie in Leura with 45 colleagues from Oracle. The bill is paid at 10.41pm.
- Mr Tweddle gets into a Katoomba Leura radio cab with three work colleagues about 11pm. He is helped into the taxi and is unsteady on his feet. The group is dropped off at the Fairmont Resort.
- Several people continue to drink in one of the rooms at the resort. Police say Mr Tweddle only has a few sips of a beer before he leaves to go to the reception/foyer area.
- Tweddle runs out of the Fairmont main entrance about midnight. A short time later he rings a colleague and says he is lost. The conversation lasts 17 minutes. Police say it sounds as if he is running and jumping during the conversation.
- A car drives past Mr Tweddle as he stands in the middle of Watkins Road talking on his phone at 12.15am. The car does not stop. Mr Tweddle’s phone battery dies or is switched off and no one has heard or seen him since.

 

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Main Stream Media
Monday 12th August 2013

Blue Mountains Gazette - Disappearance has community baffled
Article by Emma Partridge SMH 12/08/2013
Blue Mountains Police crime manager, Detective Inspector Mick Bostock, says many people had theories about what happened but says he was sad to say that he believed it was probably just a tragic accident.
He says he still went to bed each night wondering where Gary was.

 

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Updated timeline...
Reports up until 16th August 2013


MONDAY
15TH JULY 2013

TIME: UNKNOWN - A.M
EVENT: GARY TWEDDLE LEAVES CREMORNE, SYDNEY - TO TRAVEL TO LEURA:
'The computer sales representative from Cremorne, on Sydney's north shore, kissed his girlfriend Anika goodbye on the morning'

TIME: UNKNOWN - DAYTIME
EVENT: TRAVEL TO LEURA:
Headed by bus to Leura.
Check-in at the Fairmont Resort Leura:
Staying at the Fairmont Resort for a Conference to award high achievers.

TIME: 7.00 PM - 10.41 PM
EVENT: LEAVE THE FAIRMONT RESORT TO GO TO DINNER BOOKING AT LEURA:
'A group of 45 people took taxis into Leura to have dinner about 7pm.
Silks Brasserie Leura'

TIME: 10.41 PM
EVENT: END DINNER AT BRASSERIE:
The bill is paid at SILKS Brasserie

TIME: 11.00 PM
EVENT: GET INTO TAXI AT LEURA:
His colleagues helped him get into the passenger seat of a Leura-Katoomba Radio Cabs taxi. The taxi driver drove Gary, 2 men & 1 woman to the arrival entrance of the Fairmont Resort, Leura.

TIME: 11.10 PM
EVENT: ARRIVE BACK AT FAIRMONT RESORT LEURA:
'The taxi driver says he remembered well the 10-minute trip to the Fairmont. The taxi driver dropped the group off and says he saw Mr Tweddle, two men and a woman walk into the resort's foyer.'

TIME: Unknown (not reported)
EVENT: MR TREDDLE JOINS COLLEAGUES IN COLLEAGUES ROOM FOR DRINKS:
'The group continued drinking in one of the resort rooms and Mr Tweddle had a few sips of a beer before he told his colleagues he was ''going downstairs for a minute''

TIME: *(v1) Soon after / (v2) After 11.10 PM to AROUND MIDNIGHT / (v3) AFTER MIDNIGHT *NO EXACT TIME GIVEN
EVENT: MR TWEDDLE LEAVES THE FAIRMONT RESORT:
(v1) Soon after Mr Tweddle was dropped off security footage captures him running out of the Fairmont without his jacket or glasses..
(v2) Mr Tweddle runs out of the Fairmont main entrance about midnight
(v3) Gary Tweddle, was seen leaving the Fairmont Resort at Leura in the early hours of Tuesday 16 July.

Crossover to: TUES, 16TH JULY 2013

TIME:12.15 AM
EVENT: PASSING MOTORIST ON WATKINS ROAD SEE’S MR TWEDDLE:
'At 12.15, a car drove past him as he was standing in the middle of Watkins Road talking on his phone. The car did not stop.'

TIME:12.20 AM
EVENT: GARY RANG HIS COLLEAGUES BACK AT THE RESORT TO SAY (v1) HE WAS LOST (v2) HE WAS LOST IN THE BUSH -

(v1) At 12.20, He spoke to colleagues for 17 minutes and said he was lost and did not know where he was. Police says he told his colleagues he was running and sounded as he was jumping or leaping over things as he spoke to them.
(v2) Shortly after midnight, he phoned his colleagues, and four of them huddled around a phone on loud speaker as Mr Tweddle explained he was lost in the bush. ''He was pleading with them to stay on the phone, saying 'I am lost I cannot find my way back.' He kept talking about heading towards a light on a hill.

TIME: *12.37 AM - *Time calculated from 12.20PM phone call
EVENT: MR TWEDDLES PHONE CUTS OFF:
'While Mr Tweddle didn't sound panicked on the phone he did tell colleagues he was lost and was headed towards a "light on a hill" before his phone battery died or the phone was switched off.'

TIME: 02.00 AM *time given was 'somewhere between 12.00MN – 2.00AM'
EVENT: NOISES HEARD NEAR RESORT:
Hotel guests and residents heard noises near the resort and possibly bins being knocked over in nearby Watkins Road between midnight and 2am but police are not sure whether the sounds came from the missing man or from the colleagues calling out to him.

TIME: 03.00 AM
EVENT: GARY’S PHONE STOPS SENDING A SIGNAL:
'At 3am, his phone stopped sending a signal, meaning either the battery had gone or Mr Tweddle had dropped it.'

TIME:03.30 AM
EVENT:GARY’S DISAPPEARANCE IS REPORTED TO GARYS GIRLFRIEND ANIKA HAIGH (IN SYDNEY):
At 3.30am, Ms Haigh received a phone call from colleagues at the resort to inform her Gary was missing and to file a report.


List of media / reports / timelines can be found also at:
Australia GARY TWEDDLE - LEURA, NSW - 16th July 2013 *Media *Links *Timeline NO DISCUSSION thread - click here.


Edits:
1. Add (v3) to 11.15pm timeline.

 

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Main Stream Media
Monday 19th August, 2013

Sydney Morning Herald. Read More...
I just want my beautiful boy back, says Gary Tweddle's mother
The mother of a British man who went missing in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney a month ago says she just wants her "beautiful boy" back.
"On the mountain my days were filled with sirens, noise, searching, tireless walking and door knocking. I repeatedly followed the track I believed he had taken in the hopes of finding a clue."

SKY NEWS
Gary Tweddle: Mother Describes Desperate Search
She said: "On July 16th 2013 my son Gary Tweddle went for a walk and has not come home.
"The day that I received the phone call to say Gary was missing in the bush was from his partner Anika.
"This phone call began the most heart breaking journey of my life.

The Australian News - Read More...
Mother's 'hope' for missing Gary Tweddle
"At one point I was so exhausted I found a bench to sit on in the middle of a bush track, and as I sat down and there to left of me was Gary's photo.
"It was a small comfort as I stroked his face, kissed him and told him how much I loved him and that I will never give up trying to find him, ever."

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Main Stream Media
Wed 28th AUGUST 2013

ABC News Wednesday 28th August 2013. Read More...
Gary Tweddle disappearance in NSW Blue Mountains a suspected death
Police have now filed a report with the coroner, describing the disappearance as a suspected, accidental death.
Officers say they are still planning to search for his body in a number of areas that have so far been inaccessible.

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Main Stream Media
31st August 2013

Sydney Morning Herald. Read More...
Missing man's file sent to coroner
After much speculation about what happened on the night, his family have asked for people to reserve judgment until all the facts had been heard.
''Whatever did happen, he went missing and we need to bring him home,'' a statement from the family said.

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Main Stream Media
31st August 2013

Herald Sun News
Missing salesman Gary Tweddle left to buy drugs, inquest hears.
It is understood witnesses will tell the inquest that the British-born computer sales representative, who lived in Cremorne on Sydney's lower north shore, appeared "affected" by drugs at a dinner held in Leura by his employer Oracle.
He told at least one person he was going to source drugs when he left the Fairmont Resort on the night of July 15.

Adelaide Now News
A SALESMAN who disappeared during a Blue Mountains conference told a witness he was going to buy drugs, an inquest will be told.
Another source confirmed that the claim Mr Tweddle had gone out to acquire drugs would be heard at the inquest.
The taxi driver who took him and three others from the restaurant back to the resort has previously said "he was wasted, seriously wasted".

The Daily Telegraph
Missing salesman Gary Tweddle left to buy drugs, inquest hears.
A witness was at Silk's Brasserie when about 40 people, including Mr Tweddle, arrived for dinner about 7pm and said he seemed fine. But by the time Mr Tweddle left just after 10.30pm, he was "affected by something", despite hardly having any alcohol to drink.
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Main Stream Media
Monday 2nd August 2013

Some of the reports below are repeats but have been released by different sources.

Sydney Morning Herald. Read more...
Gary Tweddle's body found, police believe
A body police believe could be missing Sydney man Gary Tweddle has been spotted almost six weeks after he vanished in the Blue Mountains.
An ambulance rescue helicopter reported seeing a body in bushland near a rock climb known as Sweet Dreams off Sublime Point Road at Leura about 4pm on Monday.

Blue Mountains Gazette. Read More...
Gary Tweddle's body found, police believe
Blue Mountains crime manager Mick Bostock said police rescue officers would not be able to retrieve the body until dawn on Tuesday.
"It’s too dangerous, they are going to have to wait to retrieve the body tomorrow,’’ Inspector Bostock said.
''It's very likely it is Gary but we will have to wait and see,'' he said.

The Daily Telegraph. Read More...
Body found in Blue Mountains close to where Gary Tweddle went missing in July
Police said that due to the difficulty in accessing the area, police would make their way to the location at daylight today.
"It is inaccessible by foot," a spokeswoman said.

NewsCom.au Read more...
Body found in Blue Mountains close to where Gary Tweddle went missing in July
Mr Tweddle, 23, went missing at a work conference with computer company Oracle on July 15.
Despite days of searching, his body was never found. Last week police handed their brief to the coroner, with the belief his death was accidental.

Illawarra Mercury
Gary Tweddle's body found, police believe
Mr Tweddle's family have been informed and were waiting anxiously for confirmation police had found his body.
Police filed a report to the coroner declaring his disappearance as an accidental death last Wednesday.

BBC NEWS. Read More...
Body found in Blue Mountains during search for Gary Tweddle
Police said they could not recover the body until dawn for identification due to the "rough terrain".

ITV NEWS. Read More...
Australia body found in 'extremely tough terrain'
The location couldn't be accessed on foot and the crew lost all light in the mountains so we're unable to get down to the ground. They will return first thing in the morning with Blue Mountains.

NineMSN. Read More...
Reports of Body in Blue Mountains
"Our hearts ache for the partner, son, brother, nephew, cousin, uncle, friend and colleague that we no longer have in our everyday lives."

ABC Online News. Read More...
Body found in Leura in Blue Mountains may be missing Sydney man Gary Tweddle
Police will head into bushland in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney on Tuesday after the reported sighting of a body.

The Independent UK. Read More...
Australia: Body found in Blue Mountains hunt for missing Briton Gary Tweddle
Police searching for a British man who went missing in bushland in Australia six weeks ago have said a body has been discovered.

The London Evening Standard UK. Read More...
Joanne Elliott, a spokeswoman for Blue Mountains Local Area Command, said the "extremely rough terrain" meant police rescue officers would be unable to retrieve the body until dawn when formal identification would take place.

The Times UK - subscription - Read More...
‘Body in mountains is missing Briton Gary Tweddle, say Australian police
Australian police said they believe they have found the body of the missing Briton Gary Tweddle, who vanished in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney six weeks ago.


Have You Seen Gary Tweddle Facebook Page.

Blue mountains Gazette Facebook Page

Picture from News Source limited.

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Main Stream Media
Tuesday 03 September 2013

BBC WORLD NEWS
Missing Gary Tweddle: Australia body find
A body, believed to be that of a missing British man, has been recovered from bushland in Australia's Blue Mountains region.

SKY NEWS with VIDEO
Gary Tweddle: Body Recovered In Oz Bushland
Superintendent Darryl Jobson said that the man was similar in appearance to Mr Tweddle, but it could take a number of days to formally identify the body.
"What we need to do is go through our formal identification processes to make sure we identify the right male and making sure that we're notifying the right next of kin," he said.

Sydney Morning Herald - with Video. Read More...
Gary Tweddle's family prepare to receive his body in the Blue Mountains
Anika Haigh held her mother's hand and looked into the dense bushland where her partner Gary Tweddle spent his final moments.
One of her sisters gripped her shoulder tightly as she looked up to the helicopter that was carrying the body of the Sydney man who went missing in the Blue Mountains seven weeks ago.

The Guardian News. Read More...
Body found in bushland matches description of Gary Tweddle, say police
As the news broke, Gary's father, David Tweddle, who flew out from England to join the search after his son went missing, said he would find out sometime on Tuesday if it was him.
"Let's hope it is him ... a long day ahead," he wrote in a brief Facebook message.

Yahoo News - with Video. Read More...
BODY RECOVERED FROM BLUE MOUNTAINS
This morning Ms Haigh took to Facebook: "Gary, seven weeks today since your disappearance. No day is the same without you, there is a hole where you used to be but please know my heart is full of amazing memories of you. Your time of hide and seek needs to end now though please. Time to come home where you belong. I love you."

ABC LOCAL NEWS. Read More...
Police retrieve male body found in search for Gary Tweddle in NSW Blue Mountains
The body was winched to the top of the cliff about 4:00pm.

2Day FM - with Audio. Hear/Read More...
Police Recover Body Found in Blue Mountains
The family of Gary Tweddle has a nervous wait as they wait for confirmation from NSW Police, as Seven News reporter Hugh Whitfeld said at the scene.

Sydney Morning Herald. Read More...
Gary Tweddle's body found, police believe
A police officer at the scene said a striped shirt found near the body matched the description of the one Mr Tweddle was wearing on the night he went missing.

BigPond News. Read More...
Police search bushland for body
'We're concentrating on an area around 50m from the top of the cliff line, in what you would describe as a slot in the cliff face,' Blue Mountains Local Area Commander Darryl Darryl Jobson told ABC radio on Tuesday.

The Australian. Read more...
Police may have found missing man Gary Tweddle
“Devastating news but hopefully much needed closure for his poor family and friends,” one poster said.
Questions were also raised about the previous search effort.

The Daily Telegraph. Read more...
Police say body recovered in Blue Mountains matches the description of missing Sydney man Gary Tweddle's
Residents in Leura said dozens of police and rescue vehicles filled the local oval late yesterday, after the body was discovered.
"There were a lot of helicopters hovering around too," one resident said.

The Northern Echo UK. Read More...
Body found in Australia believed to that of man with family links to Hartlepool
A BODY found in Australian mountains is believed to be that of a 23-year-old man with strong links to the region.
Gary Tweddle, whose father is from Hartlepool, has been missing since July after going climbing and walking in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.

The Herald - Read More...
Body discovery dashes Anika Haigh's hopes
Ms Haigh, who grew up at Valentine and attended school at St Mary’s Gateshead and St Francis Xavier at Hamilton described how she had been left ‘‘utterly devastasted’’ by the loss of her British-born partner Gary Tweddle.

Police head down the track to the recovery area. Picture: Matthew Sullivan Source: News Limited

SKY MEDIA NEWS

Picture by AAP

Picture - SMH: Anika Haigh (centre) the girlfriend of Gary Tweddle, with her mother Jo (left) and sister Beth at Sublime Point in the Blue Mountains, near where a body has been discovered. Photo: Sahlan Hayes

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Main Stream Media
Wednesday 04 September 2013

Sydney Morning Herald. Read More...
Gary Tweddle's body formally identified
A body recovered from a cliff in the Blue Mountains has been formally identified as Sydney man Gary Tweddle, police said.

Sun Herald. Read More...
POLICE have confirmed the body pulled from the Blue Mountains yesterday was that of missing man Gary Tweddle.
In a statement issued tonight, police said the body had been formally identified today, and Mr Tweddle's family had been notified.
Earlier, Gary Tweddle's father David posted on Facebook that he hoped the body was his son.
"Lets hope it is him," he wrote, adding it would be a "long day ahead".
And in an emotional post on Facebook, Tweddle's girlfriend Anika Haigh said it was "time to come home".
She wrote: "The sun is beginning to rise on a day that we have all been hoping would never come.

Sydney Morning Herald. Read More...
Family of Gary Tweddle can say goodbye
His mother Carol Streatfield's post recalled the day her son was born, a "perfect looking baby" with black hair and dark skin.
"I was so proud of you," she wrote.
"Gazy u never had bad school report. perfect child through all your years I never met one person who could fault you.
"Such a beautiful soul. Love you with every breath I take."

Herald Sun. Read More...
FRIENDS and supporters of Gary Tweddle have offered their condolences to his family after his body was formally identified.
As the news broke, some of the 4724 people who were part of the Facebook community page "Have you seen Gary Tweddle" offered their condolences online.
But Ms Haigh took to her Facebook page on Tuesday, before his body was formally identified, to say: "Your time of hide & seek needs to end now though please. Time to come home where you belong. I love you."

SKY News. Read More...
Nearly seven weeks after he vanished in the Blue Mountains police confirm a body found on Tuesday is that of missing Gary Tweddle.
"His family have been notified and police are preparing a report for the information of the coroner."
The area where Mr Tweddle's body was found is known for its rough, inaccessible terrain.

Reading Post. Read More...
Body found in Australian bushland is missing man Gary Tweddle
The body of a man found in the Australian bush has been confirmed as that of missing former Twyford man Gary Tweddle.
Blue Mountain Police recovered the body yesterday from a cliff around two kilometres from where Mr Tweddle, 23, went missing in the Blue Mountains seven weeks ago.

Helicopter lifts Gary's body from the mountain terrain.


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UPDATED TIMELINE as of FRIDAY 06 September 2013
Sources from Main Stream Media.


MONDAY – 15TH JULY 2013


TIME: UNKNOWN - A.M
EVENT: GARY TWEDDLE LEAVES CREMORNE, SYDNEY - TO TRAVEL TO LEURA:
'The computer sales representative from Cremorne, on Sydney's north shore, kissed his girlfriend Anika goodbye on the morning'

TIME: UNKNOWN - DAYTIME
EVENT: TRAVEL TO LEURA:
Headed by bus to Leura.
Check-in at the Fairmont Resort Leura:
Staying at the Fairmont Resort for a Conference to award high achievers.

TIME: 7.00 PM - 10.41 PM
EVENT: LEAVE THE FAIRMONT RESORT TO GO TO DINNER BOOKING AT LEURA:
'A group of 45 people took taxis into Leura to have dinner about 7pm.
Silks Brasserie Leura'

TIME: 10.41 PM
EVENT: END DINNER AT BRASSERIE:
The bill is paid at SILKS Brasserie

TIME: 11.00 PM
EVENT: GET INTO TAXI AT LEURA:
His colleagues helped him get into the passenger seat of a Leura-Katoomba Radio Cabs taxi. The taxi driver drove Gary, 2 men & 1 woman to the arrival entrance of the Fairmont Resort, Leura.

TIME: 11.10 PM
EVENT: ARRIVE BACK AT FAIRMONT RESORT LEURA:
'The taxi driver says he remembered well the 10-minute trip to the Fairmont. The taxi driver dropped the group off and says he saw Mr Tweddle, two men and a woman walk into the resort's foyer.'

TIME: Unknown (not reported)
EVENT: MR TREDDLE JOINS COLLEAGUES IN COLLEAGUES ROOM FOR DRINKS:
'The group continued drinking in one of the resort rooms and Mr Tweddle had a few sips of a beer before he told his colleagues he was ''going downstairs for a minute''

TIME: *(v1) Soon after / (v2) After 11.10 PM to AROUND MIDNIGHT / (v3) AFTER MIDNIGHT *NO EXACT TIME GIVEN
EVENT: MR TWEDDLE LEAVES THE FAIRMONT RESORT:
(v1) Soon after Mr Tweddle was dropped off security footage captures him running out of the Fairmont without his jacket or glasses..
(v2) Mr Tweddle runs out of the Fairmont main entrance about midnight
(v3) Gary Tweddle, was seen leaving the Fairmont Resort at Leura in the early hours of Tuesday 16 July.



Crossover to:
DATE: TUESDAY 16TH JULY 2013


TIME: 12.15 AM
EVENT: PASSING MOTORIST ON WATKINS ROAD SEE’S MR TWEDDLE:
'At 12.15, a car drove past him as he was standing in the middle of Watkins Road talking on his phone. The car did not stop.'

TIME: 12.20 AM
EVENT: GARY RANG HIS COLLEAGUES BACK AT THE RESORT TO SAY (v1) HE WAS LOST (v2) HE WAS LOST IN THE BUSH -

(v1) At 12.20, He spoke to colleagues for 17 minutes and said he was lost and did not know where he was. Police says he told his colleagues he was running and sounded as he was jumping or leaping over things as he spoke to them.
(v2) Shortly after midnight, he phoned his colleagues, and four of them huddled around a phone on loud speaker as Mr Tweddle explained he was lost in the bush. ''He was pleading with them to stay on the phone, saying 'I am lost I cannot find my way back.' He kept talking about heading towards a light on a hill.

TIME: *12.37 AM - *Time calculated from 12.20PM phone call
EVENT: MR TWEDDLES PHONE CUTS OFF:
'While Mr Tweddle didn't sound panicked on the phone he did tell colleagues he was lost and was headed towards a "light on a hill" before his phone battery died or the phone was switched off.'

TIME: 02.00 AM *time given was 'somewhere between 12.00MN – 2.00AM'
EVENT: NOISES HEARD NEAR RESORT:
Hotel guests and residents heard noises near the resort and possibly bins being knocked over in nearby Watkins Road between midnight and 2am but police are not sure whether the sounds came from the missing man or from the colleagues calling out to him.

TIME: 03.00 AM
EVENT: GARY’S PHONE STOPS SENDING A SIGNAL - LAST PING FROM TOWER:
'At 3am, his phone stopped sending a signal, meaning either the battery had gone or Mr Tweddle had dropped it.'

TIME: 03.30 AM
EVENT:GARY’S DISAPPEARANCE IS REPORTED TO GARYS GIRLFRIEND ANIKA HAIGH (IN SYDNEY):
At 3.30am, Ms Haigh received a phone call from colleagues at the resort to inform her Gary was missing and to file a Missing Person's report.



DATE: WEDNESDAY 28TH AUGUST 2013

EVENT: POLICE REPORT TO THE CORONER
Main Stream Media Report: Police have now filed a report with the coroner, describing the disappearance as a suspected, accidental death.



DATE: SATURDAY 31 AUGUST 2013

EVENT: MSM REPORT (TO BE VERIFIED)
It is understood witnesses will tell the inquest that the British-born computer sales representative, appeared "affected" by drugs at a dinner held in Leura by his employer Oracle.
He told at least one person he was going to source drugs when he left the Fairmont Resort on the night of July 15.



DATE: MONDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2013

TIME: 04.00 PM
EVENT: A BODY MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF GARY TWEDDLE IS SIGHTED AT LEURA BY HELICOPTER
An ambulance rescue helicopter was involved in a training exercise about 4pm on Monday when the crew spotted a body near a rock climb known as Sweet Dreams off Sublime Point Road, near Leura (EDIT) …helicopter in a tree growing out of a crevice in a cliff at Leura on Monday afternoon.
A police officer at the scene said a striped shirt found near the body matched the description of the one Mr Tweddle was wearing on the night he went missing.

EVENT: FAMILY ARE INFORMED OF THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY AT LEURA

EVENT: DECISION TO RETRIEVE THE BODY DELAYED UNTIL NEXT DAY – TUESDAY 03 09 2013
The Blue Mountains crime manager Mick Bostock said police rescue officers would climb down a steep rock face to retrieve the body at dawn on Tuesday.



DATE: TUESDAY 3RD SEPT 2013


TIME: AM
EVENT: RETRIEVAL OPERATION FOR THE UID BODY
Superintendent Darryl Jobson said it would be several hours until the body was recovered and many more until the body was formally identified.
'We're concentrating on an area around 50m from the top of the cliff line, in what you would describe as a slot in the cliff face,'

TIME: 01.30 PM
EVENT: RETRIEVAL OF UID BODY
Police carried the body to the top of a cliff after abseiling down to retrieve him during a 10-hour operation in tough terrain. The body was winched to the top of the cliff about 4:00pm.

EVENT: PRELIMINARY IDENTIFICATION
Because of the location and the other collaborative and circumstantial evidence that was collected, police believe that the body that has been recovered is consistent with the missing person Gary Tweddle.

TIME: 4.00 PM – 4.30 PM
EVENT: RETRIEVED BODY AIRLIFTED FROM MOUNTAIN SIDE BY HELICOPTER
The body was winched and carried to the top of the cliff, where it was transferred by helicopter to Leura Oval.

TIME: 04.30 PM
EVENT: MALE UID BODY TRANSPORTED BY ROAD TO GLEBE MORGUE FOR FORMAL IDENTIFICATION
The body was taken to Glebe morgue where it went through a formal identification process, thought to have included a dental examination and DNA testing.



DATE: WEDNESDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2013


TIME: PM
EVENT: GARY TWEDDLE'S BODY FORMALLY IDENTIFIED
A body recovered from a cliff in the Blue Mountains has been formally identified by Post Mortem as Sydney man Gary Tweddle, police said. Mr Tweddle’s family have been informed.

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UPCOMING: INQUEST
MSM NEWS: CORONERS REPORT PREPARATION BY POLICE
The Coroner will determine the circumstances surrounding Mr Tweddle’s death at a November 22 inquest.

 

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13th SEPTEMBER, 2013

Memorial Details - HeavenAddress Memorial Website - More Details...
Posted Tuesday 10th September 2013

Gary Lloyd Tweddle
Born on 29 November 1989
Passed away on 16 July 2013
Aged 23 years
A Celebration of Gary's life will be held in the North Chapel of the Northern Suburbs Crematorium,
199 Delhi Rd, North Ryde, NSW, Australia on Friday, 13th September 2013 commencing at 2:15pm.


Join us on Friday 13th September to commemorate the life of a friend, brother, partner and son, Gary.
Those of you wishing to say goodbye are warmly invited to join us for the service to remember and celebrate the life of our Gary.
All are welcome to bring along a photo, memento or a messages to be put in a memory box that will be sent off with him.
Following on with Gary’s infectious zest for life, we ask that all attending wear colourful clothing to reflect Gary’s exuberant personality.

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Main Stream Media

ninemsn news
Gary Tweddle funeral to be held in Sydney
They've also asked mourners to send donations, in lieu of flowers, to the volunteers who helped search for Mr Tweddle.
Cash donations will be split between all organisations that assisted in the search, the notice said.

7 News / Yahoo News / AAP . Read More...
Sky News
Gary Tweddle who died after going missing from a work conference in the Blue Mountains will be farewelled at a funeral in Sydney on Friday.

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Main Stream Media
Friday 13th September 2013

Memorial Service for Gary Tweddle...

Sydney Morning Herald. Read More...
Save a spot for me, says Briton's girlfriend
His mother, Carol Streatfield, struggled to speak as she whispered “I miss your smile”.
His father David thanked the volunteers who brought his son home. “You couldn't have done more to get Gary home,” he said.
His best mates John Mellors and Paul McCarroll released butterflies while a guitar played outside the chapel.

Herald Sun. Read More...
Girlfriend Anika in tears as family and friends farewell Blue Mountains fall tragedy victim Gary Tweddle
Mr Tweddle's father David said he felt like "the proudest father on the planet" to know his son had touched so many lives and thanked the emergency services for their search efforts.

The Guardian. Read More...
Gary Tweddle's family and friends bid their final farewells at funeral
More than 170 people gathered at North Chapel in North Ryde for the service on Friday after the 23-year-old's body was recovered from a cliff last week.
She said Gary would want people to celebrate his life rather than mourn his loss, and recalled how his sense of humour drew people to him.
"He spent so much of his day making awful dad jokes."

Soul mate: Anika Haigh (dark blue). Photo: Brendan Esposito

Proud Father David Tweddle, left, thanked the volunteers. Photo: Brendan Esposito


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Main Stream Media
SUN 29TH SEPT 2013

EXCLUSIVE:
Sydney Morning Herald. Read More...
Cocaine arrest sheds light on Tweddle's fatal end
A mission to keep the party going turned fatal for Sydney man Gary Tweddle on the night he vanished into Blue Mountains bushland. None of his friends imagined the awful tragedy that would unfold when the much-loved 23-year-old went to buy some cocaine.
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Police arrested Christopher Thomas Pambos, of Earlwood, two weeks after Tweddle vanished.
Phone records indicate Mr Pambos arranged to drive from Sydney to the Blue Mountains to meet with the British-born computer sales representative on the night he went missing.
Court documents reveal the 26-year-old had planned to sell Tweddle 2.5 grams of cocaine in five small resealable plastic bags.
He tried to meet Tweddle sometime between 10pm on July 15 and 2am on July 16 but the pair lost contact. They never met.

Partying: Gary Tweddle, left, on a night out. Photo: Supplied

Additional Timeline - for reference:
August 2: Christopher Pambos is charged with attempting to supply cocaine to Tweddle on the night he disappeared.
August 23: Mr Pambos appears in court.

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Main Stream Media

29th September 2013
NINEMSN NEWS. Read More...
Tweddle 'seriously wasted' night he went missing
CCTV footage captured him leaving, reportedly to meet Pambos, but he later rang friends in distress, saying he was lost, before the battery on his phone died.


2nd October 2013
Blue Mountains Gazette. Read More...
Cocaine link in Tweddle death
It’s been revealed that a quest to purchase cocaine in the early hours of July 16 turned fatal for 23-year-old Sydneysider Gary Tweddle, who went on to become lost in Leura bushland and later fall to his death near Sublime Point.

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Christopher Thomas Pambos is in court as I write - A Mention, Level 4, Downing Centre Case # 201300235559

Result - To be back again in court at Burwood for the next hearing - Monday 21st October at 9:30am

 

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Main Stream Media

7th December 2014

Sydney Morning Herald. Read More...
Drug dealer linked to Gary Tweddle death sent to jail

A drug dealer who tried to sell cocaine to Sydney man Gary Tweddle on the night he fell off a cliff and died in the Blue Mountains has been sentenced to two years' jail.
Christopher Thomas Pambos was the only one who knew where Mr Tweddle was trying to get to on the night he vanished but kept silent as thousands joined the largest search ever conducted in the Blue Mountains.
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When Pambos saw news reports about Mr Tweddle's disappearance he ignored a call from police and threw his mobile phone away.
"Pambos stated that he did this, and did not contact police, as he was scared of being exposed as a drug dealer and was worried about the consequence of this," according to facts tendered to the District Downing Centre Court.
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During this time police tracked Pambos down after finding his number on Mr Tweddle's iPad under a false name.
Pambos had already been arrested and appeared in court by the time Mr Tweddle's body was found on a cliff ledge at Katoomba, six weeks after his disappearance.
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Drug dealer Christopher Thomas Pambos leaves Marrickville police station. Photo: Kate Geraghty



COD: Gary Tweddle -
Documents tendered at his sentencing detailed how Mr Tweddle died as a result of lung puncture caused after falling 23 metres from Sublime Point at Katoomba.
"There was no suggestion of foul play in the death of Mr Tweddle and his death is believed to be as a result of misadventure," the papers said.
Police said he was found wearing the same clothes he went missing in with a wallet containing his ID and $1300 cash.
An iPhone found 70 metres further down the cliff had no battery but showed Mr Tweddle had been using a compass and flashlight app at the time he fell.

 

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Media

21st July 2016

Australia Part 2 - Gary Tweddle
David Paulides - Overview
David Paulides was recently in Australia and highlighted the disappearance and recovery of Gary Tweddle.

[video]https://youtu.be/1niPqnS8cyw[/video]