Final day of inquest concludes as key witness Ric Blum tells counsel he ‘can’t remember’ details of important conversation with Barter
The former lover of missing woman Marion Barter has been challenged over his assertion to the inquest into her disappearance that he believed she was still alive.
Barter quit her job as a Gold Coast teacher in 1997 and announced that she was going on a sabbatical to Europe. Three months later, while her family thought she was overseas, her savings were withdrawn from a bank in Byron Bay and she disappeared. Blum has admitted to being in a sexual relationship with her, but has said this “doesn’t mean it was romantic”.
Casselden, who at times appeared frustrated with Blum, asked, “Would you agree with me that if Her Honour was to accept the truthfulness of your answers that it is important information?”He then said he did not volunteer this information to NSW police in June 2021 because “they never asked”.
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