Missing Gary Tweddle Book Part 23 – CHAPTER 10: NSW POLICE DISCLOSE VITAL FACTS

Before Gary’s body was found, police had deduced that narcotics had been a factor in his odd running behaviour and sudden disappearance from the Oracle sales conference at the Fairmont Resort near midnight on 16th July 2013.

In hindsight, the police investigation, to ensure legally effectiveness in a court prosecution, kept details close to their chest and undisclosed to keen media reporting.

We provide the previously undisclosed facts:

• Mr Tweddle had drunk one to two bottles of wine at Silks Brasserie in Leura with Oracle colleagues and appeared to be in “good spirits”.  [COMMENT: No this is incorrect media guesstimate speculation that contradicts the witness account from the Silks Brasserie owner/manager]

• He was helped into the front seat of a taxi and after he got back to the resort he contacted Pambos.

• Phone records showed Mr Tweddle and Pambos exchanged 25 text messages between 11.02pm on July 15 and 12.50am on July 16 to organise the sale of five bags of cocaine for $1550.

“Hey man. I’m in leura. Keen to pay whatever. Any chance for a delivery? Will pay BIG,”  – said a text message sent at 11.15 pm.

• It was agreed the pair would meet at Penrith train station to make the exchange. This was a 45 minute drive from where Gary was staying.

• When Pambos arrived he parked in the train station car park and sent Mr Tweddle three texts.  Pambos said he had waited 15 minutes but drove back to Sydney after failing to get a response.

• Concerned friends called Gary’s phone at 12.02am and Mr Tweddle picked up and told them he was lost.   “Tweddle appeared to still be in good spirits during this call. This was the last known contact with Tweddle. [He] was not seen or heard from after this call,” the agreed facts stated.

• Documents tendered at the sentencing of Gary’s drug dealer Christopher Pambos detailed how Mr Tweddle died as a result of lung puncture caused after falling 23 metres from Sublime Point at Katoomba.  Police said he was found wearing the same clothes he went missing in with a wallet containing his ID and $1300 cash (aka Gary’s wallet).  An iPhone found 70 metres further down the cliff had no battery but showed Gary had been using a compass and flashlight app at the time he fell.