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From 'We didn't do it': man denies rumours over teen's death, The Border Mail / AAP, 29 Oct 2024

"Asked whether he and his brother, local boxer Eddie Davis, ever discussed the widespread rumours they had something to do with Mr Haines' death, Mr [Robert] Davis said they didn't. 

"We were innocent and there's no reason to discuss things," Robert Davis told the inquest at Tamworth court house on Tuesday.

"We didn't know him, I wasn't living in Tamworth and Eddie didn't know him either - he was only a kid. ...

Natalie Maher told the inquest she was with Mr Haines and his girlfriend Tanya White the night before his body was found, as a group of friends went to two nightclubs in Tamworth. ...

"I've had frequent conversations over the years and (she's) stated she knows what happened to Mark and I begged her to tell police ... and she just will not," Ms Maher said.

"She said she's scared."

Ms Maher said Ms White had previously told her she knew who was in the car with Mr Haines that night, as well as who was driving.

However Ms Maher acknowledged she did not tell police about these revelations in her own statement to investigators in 2000, partly due to a sense of loyalty to her friend."