Photo: SUPPLIED/ODTA neighbour of Lachlan Jones says she heard him banging around her washhouse on the night he went missing, hours after his family is accused of killing him. Neighbour Deborah Thurston told the inquest she heard him banging around her washhouse on the night he went missing when his mother popped in. Thurston said they had knocked on her door that night, with Officer coming in and briefly talking to her while she remained sitting down. She could not see Lachlan, but heard his footsteps and banging around and saw Officer was keeping an eye on him, she said. Officer told her she would not stay and she needed to change his soiled nappy, before saying "s**t he's gone again", and she took off, Thurston said.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 02, 2024 07:17 UTC