An Australian man on trial for murder had his fate sealed when the charging records for his mobile phone confirmed that he had lied about his whereabouts on the night his wife went missing.
Here’s a warning for anyone trying to cover their tracks after doing something they shouldn’t have been – your Smartphone’s out to expose you!
That’s the lesson learned this week by one Australian man, who ended up facing a murder conviction after his mobile phone’s charging logs pretty much destroyed his supposed alibi. Prosecutors were able to produce evidence that his phone had been charged at a time that did not tally with his account of the events that took place the night Alison Baden-Clay disappeared, playing a key role in his eventual conviction.
Gerard Baden-Clay insisted that he was sleeping on the night of April 19th, 2012 when his wife disappeared – she would then be found dead after 11 days in a creek close to the family home. The defense team for Mr Baden-Clay stated that there was insufficient evidence of his presence at the crime scene to charge him, while also bringing his wife’s depression into the argument.
However, when it became clear that he had not in fact been sleeping all night but had instead left the home to hid his wife’s body, returned in the early hours and plugged his phone in to charge, the defense team’s case fell apart.
Metadata showed that he had clearly lied about his whereabouts and actions, which in turn helped seal his conviction.
