A man accused of murdering British backpacker Peter Falconio in 2001 has gone on trial in Australia.
Bradley John Murdoch (47) of Broome, Western Australia, denies murder at the Northern Territory Supreme Court in Darwin.
The Director of Public Prosecutors told the court that after stopping their van when another driver indicated there was a problem with its exhaust, Mr Falconio and his girlfriend were attacked.
Ms Lees, who had her hands tied behind her back with cable ties and tape, escaped from under a loose canopy on the back of a truck and hid in the bush for five hours before being rescued.
Mr Murdoch has also pleaded not guilty to charges of depriving Ms Lees (32) of her personal liberty and of unlawfully assaulting her in aggravating circumstances, so that she suffered bodily harm and was threatened with a gun.
The body of Mr Falconio (28), of Huddersfield, west Yorkshire, has never been recovered.