THE girlfriend of backpacker Peter Falconio, who was murdered on a remote desert road more than four years ago, told a court she was "very positive" she had identified his killer.
Joanne Lees was giving evidence for the third day when the jury was shown a police video of her pointing to a photo of the man charged with attacking her and killing Mr Falconio, 28, on an Australian highway north of Alice Springs on July 14, 2001.
Bradley Murdoch, 47, of Broome, Western Australia, denies murder, depriving Miss Lees of her personal liberty and assaulting her in aggravating circumstances.
He is appearing at the Northern Territory Supreme Court in Darwin.
In the short video, Miss Lees was shown 12 passport-style photos of men and, within a minute, pointed to one of them and told police: "I think it's number 10."
In court, Chief Justice Brian Martin asked her how sure she was that the man she identified was her attacker.
Miss Lees said: "I was very positive."
The footage was taken by officers at Hove police station on November 18, 2002, during an interview between Miss Lees, Detective Inspector Phil Warner, from Sussex Police, and two Australian women detectives.
Miss Lees told the court that when police showed her a CCTV image of a man at a truck stop at Alice Springs she had said he was "too old" to be her attacker.
Asked if she had a different view now, she said: "Yes, that is the man who attacked me." Asked why she changed her mind, she said: "The police were able to show me a better-quality picture."
