Revealed: The triple zero call after the murder of Lilie James

Australian Community Media

Audio released by the NSW Coroners Court hears Mr Thijssen calling police after the murder. For support contact 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732). Video via NSW Coroners Court

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00:00Police, go ahead, tell us your...

00:023077429.

00:04Thank you, Police Emergency, this is Katrina.

00:07Hi, Katrina.

00:09I would like to report a body in St. Andrews Strategic School in Sydney, CBE.

00:16Sorry, you'd like to report...

00:18...a body in the area.

00:21Sorry, I can't hear what you're saying.

00:25So, um...

00:28There is a body in St. Andrews Cathedral School in Sydney, CBD.

00:34St. Andrews Cathedral School?

00:37Yes.

00:40What's the address there?

00:42474 Kent Street.

00:47474 Kent Street in Sydney?

00:49What's the closest corner street there to St. Andrews Cathedral School?

00:54Bathurst.

00:55474 Kent Street, Sydney, because of Bathurst Street?

00:59Yes.

01:00Alright, so St. Andrews Cathedral School, 474 Kent Street, Sydney, because of Bathurst Street.

01:06Now, you're not there at the moment?

01:08I am not there.

01:10Okay, what's going on there?

01:13If you go into the school, there is an entrance in the left of the reception area, where there is a sports department.

01:23There is a bathroom on the right-hand side, where there is a body.

01:31A body?

01:33Yes.

01:35Okay.

01:37There is a body in a bathroom on the right-hand side of what?

01:45When you go into the sports area, which is when you enter the school through the reception on the left,

01:53there are bathrooms on the right of the sports area.

01:57It's the first door in the right.

02:02And so it's inside?

02:05Yes.

02:06So, if you want to go through the reception, to the left.

02:12When were you there?

02:14I don't remember.

02:17Sorry?

02:19I don't remember.

02:21What do you mean you don't remember when you were there?

02:24I don't remember at the moment.

02:26So, how long ago were you there?

02:29How long ago were you there?

02:32A couple of hours.

02:42Is it male or female?

02:45Female.

02:47Sorry?

02:49Female.

02:50Female.

02:53Do you know who it is?

02:56No.

02:58What's your name?

03:01I'm not going to disclose.

03:07Okay, so, are you in a house or on the street?

03:18Neither.

03:20I think someone should just go in there before people arrive in the morning.

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