A MAN accused of concealing the murder of Danielle Easey allegedly told detectives her alleged killer Justin Kent Dilosa showed him the body of the 29-year-old at a house on the Central Coast but said he did not go to police because he was scared of Mr Dilosa.
Jeremy Aaron Princehorn, 37, of Merewether Street, Cardiff, appeared in Belmont Local Court on Wednesday charged with concealing a serious indictable offence of another person.
Detectives allege Mr Princehorn knew about the death of Ms Easey as early as August 18, a day after they say she was allegedly murdered at a home at Narara, and nearly two weeks before her body was found wrapped in black plastic in Cockle Creek at Killingworth.
Mr Princehorn, who was represented by solicitor Mark Hanlon, did not enter a plea and the matter was adjourned until March. Members of Ms Easey's family were in court to see his appearance and abused Mr Princehorn as he walked from the courthouse.
The Newcastle Herald has previously revealed that detectives allege Ms Easey was stabbed in the back and neck and beaten to death with a hammer at a home in Reeves Street, Narara on August 17.
Her body was transported and kept in a "makeshift coffin" before it was finally dumped in Cockle Creek, detectives allege.
Mr Dilosa, 33, has been charged with murder, while his former partner, Carol Marie McHenry, 32, has been charged with accessory after the fact to murder and dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception for allegedly pretending to be Ms Easey and defrauding Ms Easey's mother of $50 on August 30, the day before Ms Easey's body was found.
The pair remain behind bars and will appear in Gosford Local Court on Friday.
Since her arrest, Ms McHenry has given two police interviews, during which she claimed she witnessed Mr Dilosa murdering Ms Easey. Ms McHenry has also told detectives that Mr Princehorn assisted Mr Dilosa in moving Ms Easey's body and in destroying the alleged murder weapons in a fire pit in the backyard of Mr Princehorn's Cardiff home.
Mr Princehorn denied helping Mr Dilosa move Ms Easey's body but said Mr Dilosa and Ms McHenry had come to his house on the night of August 17 and Mr Dilosa had told him "he had done something bad".
Mr Princehorn also claims that, sometime during that night, he saw Mr Dilosa throw a large hunting knife into the fire.
He told police that the next day Mr Dilosa and Ms McHenry drove him to Narara where Mr Dilosa allegedly showed him the body of Ms Easey in the main bedroom.
Mr Princehorn said fear of Mr Dilosa stopped him from going to the police.
