Deleted text messages have been discovered from Melissa Caddick’s husbands phone, in attempts to hide from police that he was out smoking a joint with a friend the night his wife disappeared, as per her inquest.
Anthony Koletti told the court he drove to a friend’s house on the evening of November 12, to get an “e-cigarette”.
“Was it in fact to smoke a joint?” counsel assisting Jason Downing SC asked.
“I don’t know … it’s possible,” Koletti said.
“You must remember,” Downing said.
“Let’s just say I did, what’s your point?” Koletti said.
“On a night you told us you were conducting searches throughout the day … you in fact went to smoke a joint with a friend,” Downing said.
Koletti said he was concerned about his wife and accepted if he did, it was to calm himself down. The text messages exchanged with that friend were later deleted by Koletti before he handed his phone over to police to assist with their inquiries.
He said doing that must of had “something to do with marijuana”.
His wife was formally reported missing the following day on November 13 and was questioned if he had been out the night before.
Koletti’s evidence resumed today after he was asked to step down due to his distress and confusion.
Overnight he had been allegedly receiving ongoing abusive messages including one via LinkedIn, his lawyer Judy Swan said.
“Dodgy prick, I hope you get locked up,” it read.
The day Koletti says his wife left their Dover Heights, Sydney, house and never returned he texted her at 7:30 am on November 12.
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