Convicted rapist Francis John Wark, 65, killed 17-year-old teenager Hayley Dodd
She was last seen alive in 1999 walking along a road about 200km north of Perth
Hayley s mother Margaret fought for 22 years for Hayley s killer to face justice
Judge said Wark stopped at side of road and attacked Hayley in violent struggle
WA Supreme Court ruling replaced a murder verdict from judge-alone 2018 trial
Judge said Hayley s manslaughter was one of the worst recorded cases in WA
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Hayley Dodd s accused killer Francis Wark faces second trial for alleged 1999 murder
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Hayley Dodd was a week into a working trip around Australia when she disappeared.
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More than 20 years after teenager Hayley Dodd vanished from a remote WA road, a convicted rapist accused of abducting and murdering her is facing a new trial.
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The judge told the jury the outcome of his first trial was not relevant
An earring found in a car seat cover forms part of the case against Wark
Francis John Wark is alleged to have snatched the 17-year-old as she walked in broad daylight along a road near the property where he lived in Badgingarra, abut 200 kilometres north of Perth, on July 29, 1999.