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Hayley Dodd’s accused killer Frances Wark faces second trial for alleged 1999 murder
More than 20 years after teenager Hayley Dodd vanished from a remote WA road, a convicted rapist accused of abducting and murdering her is facing a new trial.
Key points:
- Francis Wark has pleaded not guilty to murdering 17-year-old Hayley Dodd
- The judge told the jury the outcome of his first trial was not relevant
- An earring found in a car seat cover forms part of the case against Wark
Francis John Wark is alleged to have snatched the 17-year-old as she walked in broad daylight along a road near the property where he lived in Badgingarra, abut 200 kilometres north of Perth, on July 29, 1999.
Hayley has not been seen or heard from since.
Today a second trial started for Mr Wark in the Supreme Court, with Justice Stephen Hall telling the jury…
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