Raquel Hutchison who allegedly sprayed her ex-husband Brett with exit mould, beat him and placed him in a boot with a rope around his neck before his body was dumped in bushland. Photo / supplied
Raquel Hutchison who allegedly sprayed her ex-husband Brett with exit mould, beat him and placed him in a boot with a rope around his neck before his body was dumped in bushland. Photo / supplied
A young boy has graphically described hearing screaming, duct tape being pulled and seeing blood before an alleged brutal bashing that led to murder.
The nine-year-old told NSW Supreme Court he "felt really sad" after witnessing the brutal attack on a man, 41, who was allegedly sprayed with Exit Mould, tied up in a boot and killed by his ex-wife, Raquel Hutchison and her lover Paul Wilkinson.
Dramatic video of a police interview with the boy two days after the alleged murder shows the boy saying how he saw Ms Hutchinson and Mr Wilkinson punching the man, who can only be identified as Brett.
"I heard him screaming. I heard spraying … Exit Mould and eucalyptus spray and I heard him saying, 'My eyes, my eyes are burning'.
"I saw Brett in the boot. He was lying down. He had a rope around his neck. It was a bulky rope. He was still … quiet. I saw part of his face … it had a lot of blood on it."
The video interview with the boy was played on the third day of the trial of former bikini model Ms Hutchison and Mr Wilkinson who are accused of murdering her ex-husband Brett.
Police alleged this knife was found with bloodstains following the discovery of Brett's body. Photo / supplied
Bloodied clothing seized by police after a search warrant was enacted following the alleged murder of Brett between western Sydney and the NSW Central Coast. Photo / supplied
Ms Hutchison and Mr Wilkinson have pleaded not guilty to murder of the man, with Ms Hutchison pleading by way of impairment of a mental health disorder in the judge-only trial before Justice Peter Hamill.
The 41-year-old victim was found lying by a roadside in bushland at Greengrove near Mangrove Mountain, 100km northwest of Sydney on the morning of October 21, 2014. He was lying on his right side with his legs bent and blood pooled around his head.
The boy, who also cannot be identified, told a female police children's case officer how he came to be in Brett's house in the western Sydney suburb of St Marys the day before, October 20. He said he had an earache and after arriving at the house mid-morning had gone upstairs to try and sleep.
"Then I heard Brett screaming and I saw (Paul Wilkinson and Raquel Hutchison) punching him, the nine-year-old said.
The boy said he saw Ms Hutchison run down he stairs of the St Marys home with a flick knife in her hand.
"She was crouching on her knees in Brett's room's doorway and she had Exit Mould and eucalyptus spray and she sprayed that spray in his eyes," he said. "He couldn't see."
The boy said he then saw Brett lying on his stomach with blood on the floor, and saw bloodstains on a rug and "blood puddles" on the floor.
Mangrove Creek Road where Brett's body was dumped after the alleged bashing murder. Photo / supplied
Raquel Hutchison and her ex-lover Paul Wilkinson are on trial for the alleged murder of 41-year-old brett in 2014. Photo / supplied
"I heard him screaming and (Ms Hutchison) forcing him to confess," the boy said.
"(Ms Hutchison said) 'Confess, confess or I'll kill you' but he … was saying 'I won't confess'."
It was after this, the boy told the interviewing police officer, "I felt really sad".
He said he then went in a car with Ms Hutchison and Mr Wilkinson to a house at Campbelltown where again he hard Brett screaming.
"I think there was punching. I heard him screaming," the nine-year-old said.
"I heard duct tape … you know how when you pull it out, it makes that sound."
The boy said the car had then driven to Wiseman's Ferry, travelled on the car ferry, and then on to Dharug National Park. where they dropped Brett off.
"He died in the bush. I only found out yesterday. I think he got killed," the boy said.
On the first day of the trial, the court heard that alleged text messages between the two accused included "Exit Mould works like Mace?" and "S*** c***s always win except when someone stops them".
At 12.46pm on the day Brett died, Ms Hutchison also allegedly texted Mr Wilkinson, "Game on, we man up" with a fist emoji.
Crown Prosecutor Margaret Cunneen, SC, said that the boy saw Brett a second time inside the car boot with "blood dripping off his face".
Police at the scene where a body was discovered dumped at Greengrove, near Lower Mangrove on the NSW Central Coast. Photo / supplied
Ms Hutchison and co-accused Paul Wilkinson were lovers. Photo / supplied
The trial heard that police found an 8.4m long cord in scrubland near where Brett's body had been dumped.
The cord had bloodstains on its metal clips.
Blood was also found on carpet in one of the cars inspected by police and on clothing and other items seized during search warrants.
A third person, Daniel Greentree is also on trial and has pleaded not guilty to accessory after the fact of murder.
Ms Cunneen told the court that after the alleged murder, Ms Hutchinson told an acquaintance: "I'm f***ed. I need help. We bashed him and we tied him up."
Belinda Rigg, SC, for Ms Hutchison, said she would not contest the fact that Ms Hutchinson "contemplated some reasonably serious harm" against the victim.
But Ms Rigg said Ms Hutchison acted to save two children from what she believed was long standing abuse. Ms Rigg also contended her client was mentally deficient.
Brett was "a dangerous man, an exorcist, demonologist and ghost hunter".
Raquel Hutchison who allegedly sprayed her ex-husband Brett with exit mould, beat him and placed him in a boot with a rope around his neck before his body was dumped in bushland. Photo / supplied
Blood was found on the metal clips on this 8.3m long red and yellow cord found dumped in scrub near the body. Photo / supplied
She said Ms Hutchison also suffered from a borderline personality order, post traumatic stress disorder from her childhood and depression.
A social media profile of the accused revealed that Ms Hutchison was a "featured extra" on TV shows, and was a Miss Hawaiian Tropic 2000 runner-up as well as a model for men's sports magazines.
