specifically told Mr Eustice not to leave the purse at the desk. She was unable to explain why she did that (T18). As they entered the shopping centre, Mr Eustice turned left towards the Information Desk and Mrs Eustice turned right. She intended to do some shopping at a bakery and then at Woolworths. She expected her husband to find her there after he had been to Big W to pick up a developed film, and then to Bunnings. Ms Isabel Lipka was one of the staff at the Information Desk. She said that a man approached the desk and the following conversation took place: 'I said: can I ‘Hello. How help you?’ He said: found a I will give you my phone number and if anyone ‘I’ve child’s wallet. comes looking for it they can ring me.’ I said: do that. We take lost property here and find the ID and contact the ‘I can’t owner if possible through the desk.’ He said: to do ‘I don’t want that.’ I said: that is not the way we do it here. We take the lost property. We ‘Well don’t get people to contact the person who finds it.’ He said: thank-you.' ‘Okay, (Exhibit C22, p2) Detective Bee examined the surveillance videotape provided by Westfield. It shows that Mr Eustice was at the Information Desk for only 24 seconds (Exhibit C8e, p2). Ms Lipka said that the man seemed a little frustrated that she had declined to take his name and number, but he was not unduly agitated or upset. She said that she exchanged a with Mark, a security guard standing near the desk. ‘puzzled look’ Mark, who was Mark Smith, walked off after Mr Eustice (T126). The surveillance videotape shows that Mr Smith followed Mr Eustice 18 seconds after he left the Information Desk (Exhibit C8e, p2). In an interview with Detective Alison Bee at 5pm that evening (Exhibit C32a), Mr of the conversation with Ms Lipka was slightly different, in that he Smith’s version alleged that Mr Eustice said that the purse had of money in (Exhibit C32a, ‘a lot it’ A12).
specifically told Mr Eustice not to leave the purse at the desk. She was unable to explain why she did that (T18). As they entered the shopping centre, Mr Eustice turned left towards the Information Desk and Mrs Eustice turned right. She intended to do some shopping at a bakery and then at Woolworths. She expected her husband to find her there after he had been to Big W to pick up a developed film, and then to Bunnings. Ms Isabel Lipka was one of the staff at the Information Desk. She said that a man approached the desk and the following conversation took place: 'I said: ‘Hello. How can I help you?’ He said: ‘I’ve found a child’s wallet. I will give you my phone number and if anyone comes looking for it they can ring me.’ I said: ‘I can’t do that. We take lost property here and find the ID and contact the owner if possible through the desk.’ He said: ‘I don’t want to do that.’ I said: ‘Well that is not the way we do it here. We take the lost property. We don’t get people to contact the person who finds it.’ He said: ‘Okay, thank-you.' (Exhibit C22, p2) Detective Bee examined the surveillance videotape provided by Westfield. It shows that Mr Eustice was at the Information Desk for only 24 seconds (Exhibit C8e, p2). Ms Lipka said that the man seemed a little frustrated that she had declined to take his name and number, but he was not unduly agitated or upset. She said that she exchanged a ‘puzzled look’ with Mark, a security guard standing near the desk. Mark, who was Mark Smith, walked off after Mr Eustice (T126). The surveillance videotape shows that Mr Smith followed Mr Eustice 18 seconds after he left the Information Desk (Exhibit C8e, p2). In an interview with Detective Alison Bee at 5pm that evening (Exhibit C32a), Mr Smith’s version of the conversation with Ms Lipka was slightly different, in that he alleged that Mr Eustice said that the purse had ‘a lot of money in it’ (Exhibit C32a, A12).
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