EVIDENCE given by a key witness in an inquest into the death of a teenager who died after exiting a moving taxi has been described as "contaminated" and defying logic. The inquest into the death of Jayden Craig Field, 19, yesterday heard evidence from Jack Beadell, who was the second of four friends to get out of the taxi after a night out. Mr Field suffered severe head injuries when he was the last to leave the moving taxi at Kingston in November 2013. Mr Beadell, 19, said he had "patchy memories" of the night, but the taxi sped off while they were getting out. "He obviously thought we were trying to evade the fare," Mr Beadell said. When Mr Field did not appear after the teenagers got out, Mr Beadell said he eventually went looking for him 50 metres down the road. "I remember feeling like something was definitely wrong," Mr Beadell said. Counsel assisting the coroner Genevieve Hickman accused Mr Beadell of correlating a story with the other two passengers, Sean Ash-Williams and Nick Cherry. All have denied attempting to evade the fare. Coroner Olivia McTaggart warned Mr Beadell about perjury. She said it "defied logic" that he would not tell emergency service workers that the taxi had sped off as they were getting out. Ms Hickman said the language used in his evidence was the same used by Mr Ash-Williams and Mr Cherry. "None of it makes sense," Ms Hickman said. "I'm aware of that," Mr Beadell replied. Mr Beadell said the events of the night had affected him. "It's a pretty hard thing to think about," he said. The inquest continues.
EVIDENCE given by a key witness in an inquest into the death of a teenager who died after exiting a moving taxi has been described as "contaminated" and defying logic.
The inquest into the death of Jayden Craig Field, 19, yesterday heard evidence from Jack Beadell, who was the second of four friends to get out of the taxi after a night out.
Mr Field suffered severe head injuries when he was the last to leave the moving taxi at Kingston in November 2013.
Mr Beadell, 19, said he had "patchy memories" of the night, but the taxi sped off while they were getting out.
"He obviously thought we were trying to evade the fare," Mr Beadell said.
When Mr Field did not appear after the teenagers got out, Mr Beadell said he eventually went looking for him 50 metres down the road.
"I remember feeling like something was definitely wrong," Mr Beadell said.
Counsel assisting the coroner Genevieve Hickman accused Mr Beadell of correlating a story with the other two passengers, Sean Ash-Williams and Nick Cherry.
All have denied attempting to evade the fare.
Coroner Olivia McTaggart warned Mr Beadell about perjury.
She said it "defied logic" that he would not tell emergency service workers that the taxi had sped off as they were getting out.
Ms Hickman said the language used in his evidence was the same used by Mr Ash-Williams and Mr Cherry.
"None of it makes sense," Ms Hickman said.
"I'm aware of that," Mr Beadell replied.
Mr Beadell said the events of the night had affected him.
"It's a pretty hard thing to think about," he said. The inquest continues.
