Crown prosecutor Harriett Hall-Pearce said Laskey met the victim through a third-party who cannot be named for legal reasons. She said the third-party knew the victim and had approached him at the pub, asking him if he thought some gems she had were real or not. Ms Hall-Pearce said the third-party took Laskey to the victim's home later, about 9-9.30pm, where she asked the victim to look at some more gems she had. She said Laskey, who had a T-shirt wrapped around his head asked the victim where his safe was, to which the victim replied he no longer had it after being robbed previously.