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A woman corrections officer has told a court Liam James Reid - accused of the murder of Emma Agnew - told her in prison he wished it was her daughter he had strangled.
The woman, who has permanent name suppression, said he made the comment after she heard a conversation he was having with the man in the cell next door.
She told the High Court trial she heard Reid discussing sexual prowess and sex games.
Reid then called out to her: "I wish it was your daughter I f****d and strangled." She told the court she walked away, went to the guardroom, and wrote it down.
An hour and a quarter later, she again heard Reid yelling to the other inmate. He said: "It was good to make the bitch beg. I had to strangle her to shut the silly cow up."
Defence counsel Glenn Henderson cross-examined the officer who told him that she had overheard the conversation Reid was having and wanted to make sure the man listening was all right.
Mr Henderson asked her if she had told Reid that he was a filthy little animal.
"No, I don't accept that, I have great respect for animals," she said.
The man who drove Reid from Dunedin to Christchurch on November 24, picked him up hitchhiking at the start of the motorway just out of Dunedin at 4am.
Reid told him that he had just had a good night out.
Darryl Kay said Reid was very talkative at the start of the trip, and apologised for smelling badly.
Mr Kay said he was not comfortable with the conversation - he said it was "crude stuff".
Reid told Mr Kay that his "Mrs" was a slut, that he could do whatever he liked to her, including punching her in the genital region.
The victim of a sex attack in Dunedin early on November 24, has told the court of her attacker punching her at least twice in the same area. A pathologist also gave evidence of an injury from a similar blow being found on the body of Miss Agnew.
Reid, 36, denies charges of raping and murdering Miss Agnew, and the rape, sexual violation, attempted murder, and robbery of the woman in Dunedin. The trial, which ended its second week today, is before Justice Lester Chisholm and a jury.
- NZPA
