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Holiday-makers tell of meetings with Scott Watson.
There were more than one hundred boaties who were at Endeavour Inlet in the Marlborough Sounds when Ben and Olivia went missing.
A holiday-maker who met Scott Watson in the final week of 1997 has told the High Court that the man accused of murdering Ben and Olivia told them he believed his boat could be more inconspicuous if it wasn't named.

Jennifer Skelton met Watson and his sister Sandy through a mutual friend at Momorangi Bay in the Marlborough sounds in December 1997.

Mrs Skelton says Watson talked about changing his boat's name to "Mad Dog".

But she told the court he also said if his boat didn't have a name, that would make the vessel anonymous and allow him to use other people's moorings.

The jury also heard from another group of campers, The Greer family, who were holidaying at a bay near Furneaux Lodge. Mr Greer described how a drunk man called "Scott" stumbled into their tent at about 10pm on December 27, 1997.

"He was pretty drunk," Mr Greer told the court. "He just came in asking for a light for his cigarette and he stumbled and fell into the tent. We just got him a seat and he sat down."

"He said he had built a steel yacht, about 26 feet long. He had been in it recently and had come down from Napier. It was red and white." Mrs Greer said.

"He had caught a tuna and a shark. He had a machete on board, that's how he caught the fish."

According to the Greers, Watson for no apparent reason had chanted, "Kill the dog, kill the dog" during the night.

Case proceeding ...

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Numerous holiday makers who were at Endeavour Inlet in the Marlborough Sounds on New Year's Day 1998 continue to give evidence in the High Court trial of Scott Watson.

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