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Accused killer tradesman Ashley Gaddie has launched a legal fight to stop DNA evidence being used against him in court over the alleged murder of school teacher Dannielle Finlay-Jones.
Gaddie, 33, was arrested just after midnight on Wednesday after a 12-hour stand-off with police on a precarious remote clifftop in Sydney‘s Blue Mountains following a massive manhunt.
Gaddie was discovered perched on a clifftop clinging to the barrier above a sheer drop at Fletcher’s Lookout overlooking Wentworth Falls around 12.30pm on Tuesday, hours after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
The body of Ms Finlay-Jones, 31, was found in the bedroom of a friend’s home in Cranebrook in Sydney’s west on Sunday, having suffered serious head injuries.
Gaddie was questioned overnight at Katoomba police station where an interim order was granted to swab him for DNA.
In Penrith Local Court on Wednesday, lawyer Joseph Ormaechea opposed consent for the DNA swab taken at the police station by forensic experts.
The prosecutor warned of the need for the swab to be taken because of the ‘transient’ nature of the DNA.
Pictured: Specially trained police negotiators engaged with Gaddie who was perched at the top of a precarious clifftop at Fletcher’s Lookout (pictured taking a selfie at the same spot)
On Tuesday , response squads swarmed an area in the Blue Mountains with specially trained police negotiators engaging with the alleged fugitive who was perched at the top of a precarious clifftop at Fletcher’s Lookout
Ms Finlay-Jones (pictured) worked as a support officer at the NSW Department of Education
Ms Finlay-Jones allegedly met up with Gaddie at The Marsden Brewhouse, in Marsden Park, on Saturday night after the pair recently met online
Gaddie did not appear in person or by video link and made no application for bail.
He was remanded in custody until March 3 with a decision on the admissibility of the DNA swab adjourned also until the date.
Police rescue officers, detectives, riot squad and a team of specialist negotiators rushed to the Blue Mountains last night in a bid to talk Gaddie back to safety.
He was finally arrested just after midnight on Wednesday – after a 12 hour stand-off – as temperatures plunged to single figures on the bitterly cold clear night.
Ms Finlay-Jones was a teacher and was actively involved in female football
Gaddie is pictured in a singlet, shorts, and sunglasses on a nature walk on his Tinder profile
Ashley Gaddie was on the run for 48 hours before police cornered him on a clifftop in the Blue Mountains on Tuesday afternoon in a stand-off that lasted 12 hours
The breakthrough comes after loved ones left a growing number of heartfelt tributes for much-loved murdered teacher and football coach Ms Finlay-Jones.
Ms Finlay-Jones was the senior vice president for women at Ramsgate RSL Football Club in Sydney’s south.
‘The news of the passing has left us all in a state of shock and disbelief,’
‘Dannielle was a beautiful person, a life member of the club who was much loved and very well respected not only within our immediate football community but also throughout the Football St George association.
Dannielle Finlay-Jones, 31, (pictured) was found dead at her friend’s Cranebrook home on Sunday, sparking a manhunt for her alleged killer
A police operation was launched in the Blue Mountains on Tuesday afternoon as a 12 hour stand-off with Ashley Gaddie unfolded
Daily Mail Australia exclusively obtained Gaddie’s Tinder profile
‘Her tireless and unselfish commitment to football within the community, particularly women’s football, will be sorely missed and her legacy will be everlasting.
‘Our deep and respectful condolences go to her family especially her mother Jacky.’
Arncliffe Aurora FC also paid tribute.
‘Words just fail. After the tragic death of Dannielle Finlay -Jones…all of us here at AAFC would like to extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to her family and freinds at this very difficult time. Especially to her mother Jacky who must be going through things she never thought she would be faced with.
‘May her soul rest in eternal peace.’
Daily Mail Australia earlier exclusively revealed how he wooed women on Tinder with mirror selfies and photos of himself cuddling puppies.
Gaddie’s profile features a gallery of pictures showing the tradie posing in hi-vis, kissing dogs and going on hikes.
Police tape surrounded a home on Borrowdale Way, Cranebrook, on Monday as homicide detectives investigate the death of Dannielle Finlay-Jones
In the ‘interests’ section, Gaddie boasts that he loves ‘sushi, travel, road trips, hiking, and the gym’.
In one photo, Gaddie can be seen posing in a light grey singlet and shorts inside an elevator as he takes a mirror selfie.
Other images show him wearing protective gear as he works on a construction site, on a nature walk, and taking a selfie with a waterfall in the background.
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In the ‘interests’ section of his Tinder profile (pictured) Gaddie boasts that he loves ‘sushi, travel, road trips, hiking, and the gym’
Ms Finlay-Jones was a teacher and was actively involved in female football
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