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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

Man denies dumping woman's body, lying to police to protect mate

TRAGIC LOSS: Carly McBride was last seen leaving her ex-partner's house at Muswellbrook on September 30, 2014. Her skeletal remains were found in bushland outside Scone nearly two years later.

JAMES Anthony Cunneen, accused of assisting a mate cover up the killing of Carly McBride in 2014, not only denies helping dump the 31-year-old's body in bushland outside Scone and lying to police but disputes she was murdered, a jury has heard.

Mr Cunneen, now 30, has pleaded not guilty to being an accessory after the fact to murder over the death of Ms McBride and is facing an estimated three-month trial in Sydney Downing Centre District Court.

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