THE man accused of murdering mum-of-two Heather Barnett denied altering the disc log at Nacro to support his alibi.

During his second day of cross examination prosecutor Michael Bowes QC asked Danilo Restivo questions about what he was doing on the morning Heather died.

Danilo Restivo told Winchester Crown Court he arrived at Nacro at 9am on November 12, 2002, and logged onto the computer with the administrators password.

He said he studied his file and worked on the computer internet and non-internet between 9.15am and 10.15am.

Restivo said: “And then at 10.30am I realised I hadn’t signed the register. I automatically looked at my watch and put down 10.30. And then I deleted and wrote 9am which was the actual time I arrived.”

Mr Bowes put it to him: “What you have done, you actually arrived at 10.10am.”

Restivo replied: “No.”

Mr Bowes added: “Then later you go back and alter it to try and support your false alibi.”

Restivo replied: “No I arrived at 9am.”

Restivo said he lied in police interview about activity on the computer because he didn’t trust the police.

Mr Bowes said: “So up to now we have three versions. “Version one - ‘I arrived at 9am and worked on the computer‘. Version two when you heard the expert evidence and said ‘oh perhaps someone else was using the computer’.

“And after you have been served with the forensic report from Craig Wilson you made up version three, ‘I had the password all along‘.”

Restivo said: “I have always had the password.”

Mr Bowes replied: “Well that’s for the jury to judge.”

Restivo, 39, of Chatsworth Road, Charminster, denies killing Heather Barnett on November 12, 2002.

The trial continues.