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Gable Tostee trial: Murder accused ordered pizza after Warriena Wright's fall, court hears

Warriena Tagpuno Wright

Gable Tostee ordered a slice of pizza while walking alone around Surfers Paradise shortly after Warriena Wright fell to her death from his apartment balcony in August 2014, a Brisbane court has heard.
Tostee, 30, pleaded not guilty to murdering the 26-year-old New Zealand tourist, whom he met that night via dating app Tinder.
Ms Wright fell from Tostee's 14th floor balcony about four hours after the pair arrived at the Avalon apartment complex and after the relationship turned violent.
CCTV played in the Supreme Court today shows when Tostee and Ms Wright met around 8:45pm in the Cavill Mall at Surfers Paradise.
The 40-minute video showed the pair embraced and then made their way to the Surfers Paradise Beer Garden, where they spent a short time.
The pair could then be seen walking to a nearby bottle shop, where Tostee bought a six pack of beer.
By around 8:52pm — seven minutes after they met — the pair was seen entering the Avalon apartment complex where Tostee lived.
The vision then jumped to 2:25am the next day where Tostee could be seen leaving his apartment building through the basement.
Tostee was then seen walking alone around Surfers Paradise for more than an hour, during which time the prosecution alleged he ordered a slice of pizza at a shop and was then picked up by his father.
The CCTV was made up of vision from council cameras and security cameras from the apartment complex.

Mobile phone recording of Wright's final moments

Yesterday, the jury was played a recording of the final moments of Ms Wright's life, from Tostee's mobile phone, which included her heated conversation with him before he locked her on his balcony.
The court also heard from several of Tostee's neighbours who heard Ms Wright screaming and pleading to go home.
Three people recalled seeing her fall to her death.
The recording included Tostee's conversation with his father in which he tells him Ms Wright had just fallen off his balcony.
"I'm f***ed, I don't know what to do. I didn't cause this, I didn't push her or anything," Tostee told his father at the time.

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