Mark Lundy joked he had finished with a prostitute in Wellington, then driven home to Palmerston North the night his wife and daughter were killed, the High Court in Wellington has been told.
Mrs Lundy, 38, and seven-year-old Amber, were found dead in their Palmerston North home on 30 August They had been bludgeoned to death. Mark Lundy's sister-in-law, Andrea Lundy, today told the court she and husband Craig Lundy had taken Mark Lundy out for dinner a few days after the deaths. At dinner Mark Lundy told the couple he and his wife had not had sex for three months, and that Christine Lundy "wasn't the sort of woman that you could just tap on the shoulder and say 'come on honey, how about it'", - that she liked affection.
He then asked if they could keep a secret before telling them he had drunk some rum and hired a prostitute the night his family was killed. Mark Lundy then joked that 'he finished with her and drove back to Palmerston North' but said it in a sarcastic tone, Andrea Lundy said.
Craig Lundy earlier told the court Mark Lundy had said during the same conversation he did not believe it would be paid out as he had not paid any premium. However, Craig Lundy told him it would be as long as he had signed the document.
He told them he had used a prostitute four times previously; he had previously told his brother Christine Lundy had gone off sex when the couple found out they could not have any more children. Earlier, Christine Lundy's former sister-in-law, Maria Norrelle, said Mrs Lundy wanted her husband to give up alcohol and was concerned at the effect their partying lifestyle would have on their daughter. Ms Norrelle told the court Mrs Lundy was a very private person but had opened up to her a couple of times.
