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One of those squatting in the four-storey building in North Street at the time was Phillip Mallia.
Giving evidence at the trial on Friday, he recalled hearing screams from 'someone in pain' from inside a room before the door opened and he was told by a man to '*advertiser censored** off'.
Mr Mallia, 28, described how a few hours later he saw Hawley, said to have been in charge of the squat, with the bleach bottle and cloth just a few feet from the same room.
'Gregory said "I've got to clean up some blood because someone got seriously hurt last night". [...]
Referring to a second conversation about an hour later, Mr Mallia said he and his partner were told by Hawley that he had been involved in a killing, and how he had then described the efforts made to destroy any forensic evidence.
'Gregory said we couldn't stay there. I said "Why?" and he said "We killed someone last night".
'I was like "Yeah mate, whatever". I didn't believe him,' he told the jury. [...]
'He invited me to see the body. I said "No, I don't want to see the body". But I didn't believe him, to tell you the truth. I thought he was lying, but obviously not.'
The court heard the alleged boasting continued once everyone had moved to a second squat nearby.
[...]
Mr Mallia later picked out Hawley, Gordon-Carew and Meikle in police identity procedures.
Billy Henham was 'beaten unconscious, stripped naked and thrown off balcony on NYE', court hears | Daily Mail Online
Giving evidence at the trial on Friday, he recalled hearing screams from 'someone in pain' from inside a room before the door opened and he was told by a man to '*advertiser censored** off'.
Mr Mallia, 28, described how a few hours later he saw Hawley, said to have been in charge of the squat, with the bleach bottle and cloth just a few feet from the same room.
'Gregory said "I've got to clean up some blood because someone got seriously hurt last night". [...]
Referring to a second conversation about an hour later, Mr Mallia said he and his partner were told by Hawley that he had been involved in a killing, and how he had then described the efforts made to destroy any forensic evidence.
'Gregory said we couldn't stay there. I said "Why?" and he said "We killed someone last night".
'I was like "Yeah mate, whatever". I didn't believe him,' he told the jury. [...]
'He invited me to see the body. I said "No, I don't want to see the body". But I didn't believe him, to tell you the truth. I thought he was lying, but obviously not.'
The court heard the alleged boasting continued once everyone had moved to a second squat nearby.
[...]
Mr Mallia later picked out Hawley, Gordon-Carew and Meikle in police identity procedures.
Billy Henham was 'beaten unconscious, stripped naked and thrown off balcony on NYE', court hears | Daily Mail Online
