Dingoes at my boyfriend part 3

It's been a while since we revisited the Bradley Murdoch trial, and the lovely Ms Lees.

Latest witness is interesting, if only for his colourful language. James Hepi used to be Murdoch's partner-in-crime in a drug running business - the very business Murdoch was engaged in when he allegedly killed Ms Lee's boyfriend.

Lawyer: "What was his behaviour like?"

"Scattered," he replied, "been on the gear" - meaning amphetamines - "for four or five days, racing around the country. He was fairly scattered."

"Was there any change during the day in his appearance?"

"Yes, the mo' came off completely and the hair got put back to number one or a number two."

"Mo'?" What is a mo'?

I think he means a moustache, m'lud.

"Did you have a conversation with Mr Murdoch during 2001," Mr Wild asked, "about spoon drains?"

"Yes we did," Mr Hepi replied, "Brad claimed it was a fairly good place to put a body. The digging was easy in a spoon drain, because they regularly get worked over by machinery."

"How did this conversation come up?" Mr Wild asked.

"It came up in a conversation as to what would you do in the middle of the desert - where would you put a body?" He replied. "And I said, well I don't need to, I run drugs, not kill people."

I have no idea what a spoon drain is, m'lud.