Killer's final police interview footage released

Here is the latest breaking news from around the world: Killer's final police interview footage released Figure caption, Watch: Newly-released video show Peter Falconio's killer questionedBySimon AtkinsonReporting fromQueensland, Australia Published11 July 2026, 08:54 BSTUpdated 14 minutes agoPolice in Australia have released bodycam footage of an interview with the man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio - as they tried to get him to reveal the location of the body. Falconio, from Huddersfield, was shot dead on a remote stretch of highway near the Northern Territory town of Barrow Creek, about 186 miles (300km) north of Alice Springs in July 2001. Killer Bradley Murdoch, 67, died in jail last year with throat cancer without disclosing where his remains might be.

The footage was released by Northern Territory police ahead of the 25th anniversary of his disappearance, with the force saying it "remains committed to bringing this investigation to its fullest conclusion". In the video, a police officer can be heard saying to Murdoch: "I need you to have a think about if Peter Falconio was your son… and somebody knew something about where his body was. "Murdoch, dressed in a green prison jumper, replies: "I don't know anything about it.

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"He adds: "Don't beat around the bush because I'm just going to cut you short everytime, okay? I've said this for 22 years. You keep asking these questions.

"Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Peter Falconio was killed while travelling around Australia with girlfriend Joanne LeesAsked to think about it again, he gives an expletive-filled answer, before saying: "I'm not thinking about it. I thought about it for 22 years. "I've said the same story over and over and over, and now you're here at the last minute because I'm dying.

"I don't have information. This is what I'm trying to say to you. I don't have this information.

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"Falconio had been travelling around Australia with his girlfriend, Joanne Lees, also from Huddersfield, when he was murdered. During his trial in December 2005, the court heard Murdoch, who was then 43, pulled up beside their vehicle, claiming to have seen sparks coming from the camper van Falconio was driving. He then shot Falconio in the head as he inspected the vehicle, before taking 28-year-old Lees into his car and binding her wrists with cable ties.

She managed to escape by hiding in outback scrub for several hours before she was able to wave down two men driving a truck. Image source, Northern Territory PoliceImage caption, The crime happened along a remote stretch of highway near the Northern Territory town of Barrow CreekMurdoch was convicted of Falconio's killing by a unanimous jury verdict, and he was also found guilty of the assault and attempted kidnap of Lees. He had always maintained his innocence, despite DNA evidence linking him to the crime, and unsuccessfully appealed to overturn his convictions twice.

The story has become one of the most prominent items on the global agenda.