'I want the focus to be on finding William,'she said as she was found not guilty of lying to the crime commission.
Detectives searching for the missing three-year-old,who would now be 12,have recommended prosecutors charge his foster mother over allegedly covering up his death.
The State of NSW is appealing a judgment ordering it to pay $1.5m after police maliciously prosecuted Spedding over William Tyrrell’s disappearance.
Bill Spedding was harassed and ostracised after police laid historical sex charges against him during the William Tyrrell case. On Thursday,a court found the prosecution was malicious.
Spedding sued the State of NSW arguing he was charged with historical sex offences to put pressure on him amid the investigation into William Tyrrell’s disappearance.
William’s foster mother was cleared of lying to the Crime Commission,the latest in a series of developments in the nation’s most high-profile missing persons case.
The woman was hauled before the secretive crime-fighting body to answer questions about the boy’s disappearance.
Detectives had a stark message for William Tyrrell’s foster mother. Questioned in a Sydney court about the conversation,they denied that they were deliberately lying.
William Tyrrell’s foster mother allegedly hit a child with a wooden spoon and kicked her on the floor when the girl was misbehaving,a Sydney court has heard.
William Tyrrell should be spending today celebrating his 11th birthday.
In recent years,there has been a marked increase in million-dollar rewards on offer. In NSW,there are currently 248 rewards ranging from $50,000 to $1 million on offer for information that leads to a conviction.