- Lynette Daley, 33, died from injuries sustained in ‘wild sex session’ with two men
- Her death came during a 2011 Australia Day camping trip to a remote beach
- Boyfriend Adrian Attwater, his friend Paul Maris have been found guilty
- Jury found Attwater, 42, guilty of manslaughter and aggravated sexual assault
- Maris, 47, was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault and hindering the discovery of evidence
Two men have been found guilty over the death and violent sexual assault of Lynette Daley on a remote northern NSW beach nearly seven years ago.
Ms Daley, 33, died from injuries sustained in the ‘wild sex session’ with her ‘on-again-off-again’ boyfriend Adrian Attwater, 42, and his friend Paul Maris, 47, on a 2011 Australia Day camping trip to Ten Mile Beach.
Following a five-week trial at the Coffs Harbour Supreme Court, a jury on Wednesday found Attwater guilty of manslaughter and aggravated sexual assault, and Maris guilty of aggravated sexual assault and hindering the discovery of evidence.
Lynette Daley, 33, died following a violent sex session with her on-again, off-again boyfriend Adrian Attwater, 42, and friend Paul Maris, 47
Adrian Attwater, 42 (pictured left) and Paul Eric Maris, 47, were found guilty of playing a role in Ms Daley’s death
The trial heard the trio had been drinking heavily and driving up and down the beach in Maris’ troop carrier.
At one point Attwatter and a blind drunk Ms Daley got on a mattress in the back of the vehicle where he ‘repeatedly and vigorously’ sexually assaulted her, the trial heard.
Maris then joined in with a sex act at Attwater’s invitation.
The court heard Attwater only stopped the assault when he noticed blood on his hand.
Maris later burnt Ms Daley’s bra and the bloodstained mattress ‘because it stank’.
An autopsy revealed the extensive injuries to Ms Daley (pictured left and right) caused significant blood loss
Attwater claimed Ms Daley had a fit or seizure in the ocean when she went for a swim while naked and he performed CPR after dragging her back to shore.
But the Crown said that was a lie and Ms Daley was likely dead or dying when she was dragged into the ocean so Attwater could wash blood off her before calling triple-zero.
An autopsy revealed the extensive injuries to Ms Daley caused significant blood loss.