Glenn Mannion’s ex-girlfriend alleges he drunkenly told her he was involved in Haines’ death but Mannion says he ‘had no such conversation’
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The best friend of an Aboriginal teenager whose body was found on the railway outside Tamworth in 1988 has told a court he has “no idea” what happened to his mate.
Glenn Mannion was asked to address relatives of Mark Haines at a coronial inquest in Sydney on Monday into the 17-year-old’s death.
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