A woman thought a man called Ghost should be put out of his misery after he was beaten so badly in a meth lab shed that he "turned into a two-year-old", a court has heard.
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The body of Andrew Walsh, known as Ghost, was found encased in concrete at a transport depot in the Brisbane suburb of Coopers Plains in March 2022.
Jessica Noy - who is behind bars for being an accessory after the fact to murder - testified on Friday about his death at a committal hearing to determine if there is enough evidence for three men to face trial.
Prosecutors allege Joshua Robert Searston, 25, and Dewald De Klerk, 29, murdered Mr Walsh on about November 8, 2021, while 40-year-old David Lee Tan is accused of being an accessory after the fact to the murder.
The Crown case relied on two statements made by Noy, who lived in the shed that contained a meth lab at the time Mr Walsh was allegedly murdered, prosecutor Chris Cook told the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday.
Noy told the hearing Searston "skull-dragged" Mr Walsh, pulling him by his hair and shirt, out of her room.
Mr Walsh asked for help after being hit but Noy said, "Sorry, I can't" after which Searston stabbed him, she said.
De Klerk's barrister Matthew Hynes asked Noy about telling Tan something like "we need to stop this" or "put an end to it", suggesting she meant Mr Walsh needed to die or that she wanted him put out of his misery.
"Because he couldn't be let go cos of how badly he was, he was a two-year-old, he was beaten that bad that he turned into a two-year-old," Noy said.
Asked whether she had been in a situation where she thought a person should be put out of their misery, Noy said: "Yes, you do that to your animals, if they're in misery, you put them out of their misery."
In response to Noy saying they knew what the criminal world is like, Mr Hynes asked: "Is that when someone's been beaten to a point that the most humane thing to do is to kill them?"
Noy replied: "What else can you do, let them go to the police?"
She insisted she did not hurt Mr Walsh, tell anyone to kill him or say that he had to die.
Asked where Mr Walsh was when she went to get takeaway food about 5.30am, Noy said he was on a forklift.
Walsh's remains were found encased in concrete during a three-week search of the depot months after his family reported him missing.
Magistrate John Costanzo committed De Klerk and Tan to stand trial in the Brisbane Supreme Court on a date yet to be decided.
Searston's committal hearing was adjourned to August 25 for him to get legal representation after he instructed Legal Aid lawyers to withdraw.
Australian Associated Press
