Falconio 'seen' after police said he was killed

Two staff from an Outback petrol station today told a court they believe they saw British backpacker Peter Falconio days after police said he was murdered by a lone gunman 930 miles away.

Robert Brown told the Northern Territory Supreme Court that a man he believes was Falconio bought a chocolate bar and drink at his service station in Bourke, western New South Wales state, eight days after the Briton was allegedly murdered.

It was not immediately clear why Brown and his girlfriend Melissa Kendall, who also testified that she served Falconio, were called as witnesses by prosecutors.

Mechanic Bradley Murdoch, 47, has pleaded not guilty to murdering Falconio, whose body has not been found, and assaulting and abducting Falconio’s girlfriend Joanne Lees.

The trial continues.