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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

Drug-addled Dilosa made 'ludicrous' plan to falsely confess to Danielle Easey's murder, jury told

Police arrest Justin Dilosa in 2019.

SLEEP deprived, drug-addled and in a "bizarre" relationship with his ex-partner, Justin Dilosa formed a "ludicrous" plan that he could "fix" the murder of Danielle Easey and falsely confessed to an associate that he was responsible for her killing, a jury has heard.

And Mr Dilosa's story about falling asleep in his van on the night of the murder, which a prosecutor said on Wednesday "defies logic" and should be rejected, is not so unbelievable when you consider the accused killer had been using ice for three or four days and had not slept, Public Defender Angus Webb said on Friday.

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