Qld: Fraser says he will deny any murder until the day he dies
By Ainsley Pavey
BRISBANE, April 4 AAP - Alleged multiple murderer Leonard Fraser said he would denykilling anyone until the day he died, a court was told today.
Fraser, 51, who is facing a Brisbane Supreme Court trial accused of murdering fourwomen in the Rockhampton area, made the statement in one of several taped interviews withpolice.
In the interview with Detective Senior Sergeant David Hickey played to the court today,Fraser said: "To the day I die, I still deny that I done any murder.
"I might be capable of it but why should I commit a murder."
Fraser has pleaded not guilty to murdering Julie Dawn Turner, 39, Beverley Doreen Leggo,37, Natasha Ann Ryan, 14, and Sylvia Marie Benedetti, 19, between August 1998 and April1999.
The court has heard Fraser also murdered nine-year-old Rockhampton schoolgirl KeyraSteinhardt and that each of his alleged victims was attacked for a "sexual purpose".
In the interview in jail, Fraser admits to dumping the bodies of four women but deniesany involvement in their deaths.
The jury heard Fraser telling Det Snr Sgt Hickey he didn't do a "good job" at dumpingone of the bodies.
"If you're going to dump a body, you're not going to dump it near a walking track," he said.
Fraser also urged Det Snr Sgt Hickey to investigate a person called "Squeaky" in connectionwith the murders.
When Det Snr Sgt Hickey asked if he was talking about a person called "Sticksy", Frasersaid that person also used the name "Squeaky" sometimes.
"Should I be looking at Sticksy," Det Snr Sgt Hickey asked Fraser in the interview.
Fraser replied: "You can if you want to."
When pressed about dumping Ms Benedetti's body, Fraser told Det Snr Sgt Hickey he didn'tknow much.
He was then asked if he was on any drugs at the time and Fraser admitted to being acasual cannabis smoker and that he took heart drugs.
Under cross-examination, Det Snr Sgt Hickey told the court Fraser also had "somewhatof a fixation with paedophiles and child abusers".
He told the court Fraser said during an interview in Moreton Bay Correctional Centreof a hideout in the Rockhampton area frequented by paedophiles.
Fraser drew a map on a hand towel of a tin shed where young teenage runaways were preyedon by paedophiles.
The trial before Supreme Court Justice Brian Ambrose is continuing.
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