A long time business partner of Gerard Baden-Clay has broken her silence about the 43-year-olds long and deceitful past.
In an exclusive interview with Woman’s Day, Jocelyn Frost described the accused wife killer as a “serial offending con man and a pathological liar”.
The 68-year-old worked at Century 21 in Kenmore with Baden-Clay for four years and says during that time, she too fell victim to his lies and depravity.
In fact, the Brisbane resident was tricked out off hundreds of thousands of dollars by the now convicted murderer.
“I read up during his trial on character traits of a sociopath and he ticked far too many – he’s without conscience and a conniving control freak,” Jocelyn says.
“For Allison and those little girls, for her parents and everyone destroyed by this monster – all of us can now be grateful for a justice system that saw right through him and got an insight into how rotten he is.”
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Jocelyn also spoke of the first time she heard of Allison’s disappearance.
“From the moment Allison went missing, I thought, ‘oh my God, what has Gerard done?” she recalls.
She also details the haunting phone call she received from Baden-Clay’s mistress, Toni McHugh soon after.
“We were colleagues and work friends and she asked me if I’d heard the news. I said ‘what news?’ and she said Allison had gone missing the night before – I couldn’t breathe,” Jocelyn said.
A panicked Toni would later call again.
“Gerard had called ahead to warn her police were on their way to question her. She was sobbing and I told her to calm down, knowing her two twin boys were with her.”
Ten days later, Allison’s decomposed body was discovered lying in a creek bed not far from her home in Brisbane’s west.
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“I was shocked, but not surprised when he was arrested,” reflects Jocelyn, who had picked Gerard as a “bad egg” within months of doing business with him.
A few days after her funeral, Jocelyn confronted Gerard about the money he owed her.
“He was so cocky and arrogant and made this strange comment that the police should be able to find Allison’s killer soon – that cold and calculating look in his eyes — it scared me,” Jocelyn said.
Read the full exclusive interview in this week’s Woman’s Day on sale July 21, 2013.
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