By Australian Associated Press
Published: 22:14 GMT, 26 February 2019 | Updated: 22:17 GMT, 26 February 2019
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A South Australian man accused of kidnapping and raping a European backpacker in an old shed says he did not tell his wife about her because they were a 'private family'.
Gene Charles Bristow, 54, says the woman worked for him for one night but refused to continue because she could not handle the hot conditions.
Bristow is on trial in the District Court over allegations stemming from him having answered an advertisement the woman posted on Gumtree looking for temporary farm work in February 2017.
'Gumtree Killer', Gene Charles Bristow, 54, accused of kidnapping and raping a European backpacker in a pig shed, did not tell his wife because they were a 'private family'
During her evidence, the 26-year-old said he took her to a disused pig shed on his property at Meningie, about 150km southeast of
