Tuesday 24 May 2022 05:58 AM William Tyrrell's foster mother pleads not guilty to lying to secretive crime ... trends now
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William Tyrrell's foster mother has pleaded not guilty to giving false or misleading information to the NSW Crime Commission over an unknown matter.
The 59-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was represented in Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday over the fresh charge.
She has maintained her innocence and will fight the charge when it returns to court in June. The maximum sentence for misleading the body is five years in prison.
The foster mother did not appear in court on Tuesday and suppression orders protecting her identity and specifics of the case were extended.
More than seven years after three-year-old William disappeared from his foster grandmother's home in Kendall, on the NSW mid north coast, detectives set their sights on his foster parents.
His foster mother was named as a person of interest before being hit with a slew of unrelated charges, including stalking and intimidating a child who is not William.
The most recent charge was laid in February and relates to lying to the NSW Crime Commission. Further details of the alleged offence are not available to the public.
The Sydney couple were foster parents to the three-year-old when he disappeared from the NSW Mid North Coast town of Kendall, in September 2014
Her partner - William's foster father - was also hit with one count of lying to the commission and intimidating a child.
The couple have been in and out of the courts for months now fighting to clear their names.
Court documents state the stalking charges for both parents are domestic related.
In November 2021, both foster parents were also charged in relation to the alleged
