Perth, Western Australia 20, 2003 Home News Down South Letters Classifieds Search Submit Real Estate Trades & Services Online Archives Edition List Search AboutUs Contact Us About Us Legal Production Rate Card Readership &  Distribution Subscribe	CHRISTIE MURDER TRIAL Day trip to a fake job Accused murderer Rory Christie (34) dressed in an immaculate suit each morning, took his briefcase and laptop and his partner dropped him at the Daglish station. But he had no job. "His life had been, in effect, a façade," prosecutor Troy Sweeney told the Supreme Court this week in her opening address. He would catch the train to the city and spend the day at the State Library, have lunch and coffee with friends and return home to Floreat. He was reluctant to discuss his workday as a computer consultant with his partner, Michelle Terdich, a hairdresser he had met while having his hair cut at Circles, in Subiaco, after his separation from Susan Christie. This became a point of tension between the couple. It came to a head when Ms Terdich looked in his briefcase and saw only a newspaper. Mr Christie had no car, but had access to Ms Terdich's Ford Festiva. The couple did not have joint finances. Mr Christie received money from his family in Canada. He has been in custody since August 6 last year, when he was charged. BACK TO TOP < PREVIOUS - HOME - NEXT> Copyright © 1999 - 2006 Post Newspapers Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.