Key evidence
• Lundy told police on the day of his wife and daughter's deaths that he used a prostitute the night before
• He told police about another possible suspect -- a man who swore at Lundy a few weeks earlier for taking a parking space
• Lundy's police statement gave details of his movements the day before and the on the day the bodies were found
• He tried calling his wife about eight times on the morning her body was discovered
• Police confirmed they were looking at another suspect in relation to the murders
In the days following his family's murders, Mark Lundy told police he had been a "naughty boy" in using a prostitute and suggested a possible suspect for the crimes.
His statement, which was written at Palmerston North police station in the days following the deaths of Christine and Amber Lundy, was read to the jury in the High Court at Wellington today.
It paints a picture of life in the Lundy family, the state of the couple's marriage and his devastation at finding out about the deaths of his wife and daughter.
Lundy, 56, is fighting allegations he killed his family in the early hours of August 30, 2000.
Detective Jennifer Curran told the court she took Lundy's statement on the day the bodies were found and the following day.
"At one stage he looked at me and he said 'I've been a bit of a naughty boy'," she told the court.
He then told her he had used a prostitute the previous night.
In his statement, read by Ms Curran, Lundy pointed to the only person he could think of who might want to hurt him or his family.
A few weeks earlier, Lundy had taken a park another driver was waiting for.
The driver - described by Lundy as a Caucasian man aged about 30 to 40 - asked if he had seen him. When Lundy replied he hadn't, the man said, "Well you'd be a f***ing a******* then", before squealing his tyres and driving away.
Lundy said in the statement he had a happy marriage and he and his wife would "gross out" their nieces and nephews with their public displays of affection.
He described his business as "very successful", but they had cash flow problems.
Details about the family's life emerged, such as using the password Amberville for some programmes on their computer.
He spoke about how his wife usually slept naked and read a lot of books: "Mills and Boon usually."
The day his family's bodies were found, Lundy tried calling his wife on the home and her cellphone about eight times.
He eventually got hold of a friend who advised him to get back to Palmerston North because there was police tape outside his Karamea Cres home.
Lundy told police he reached speeds of between 140km/h and 160km/h on his way home, but was stopped by police before he got there and was told of the deaths.
"I was absolutely devastated," he said.
Under cross examination by defence lawyer Ross Burns, Ms Curran said another man was also being looked at in relation to the murders.
The man, who was granted name suppression, lived near the Lundys and had previously worked with Mrs Lundy.
Mr Burns said the man had been involved in a violent stabbing incident that resulted in him having psychiatric help.
Ms Curran confirmed she had received a warrant to get his health records from MidCentral Health.
The jury trial in front of Justice Simon France continues.
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