POLICE: A man police are questioning over the death of Brisbane toddler Kyhesha-Lee Joughin has undergone forensic testing in a northern NSW hospital. Picture: Adam Head Source: The Courier-Mail
A MAN police are questioning over the death of Brisbane toddler Kyhesha-Lee Joughin will spend at least the next nine months behind bars in NSW after being jailed for disqualified driving.
But the man, 44, could be brought back to Queensland if detectives charge him with more serious offences related to Kyhesha-Lee's death at Petrie over the Easter weekend.
Grafton Local Court in northern NSW was told the man left Queensland because he "wanted to distance himself" from what had happened.
"He wanted to get away from there, he doesn't trust any (police) investigation," his lawyer Greg Coombes told the court.
The man was picked up outside Grafton during an Easter traffic blitz and charged with two counts of disqualified driving as well as driving while unregistered and uninsured.
Queensland detectives travelled to Grafton to interview him over Kyhesha-Lee's death and on Tuesday obtained a court order for him to undergo forensics testing.
TRAGEDY: Toddler Kyhesha-Lee Joughin was found dead at her Petrie home.
Handcuffed, barefoot and wearing a white forensics jumpsuit, he underwent the testing at Grafton Base Hospital on Tuesday morning before facing court where he pleaded guilty to all the traffic charges.
Mr Coombes told the court the man wanted to get away from Queensland and was driving to Grafton to catch a train to visit his sick sister in Newcastle when he was picked up.
"There was an incident in Queensland that he wanted to play no role in," the lawyer said.
Magistrate David Heilpern noted that the man had previously been jailed for disqualified driving.
"Whatever happened in Queensland, there's no reason for you to be driving," Mr Heilpern told the man.
"There are other ways of getting from point A to point B that are completely lawful - buses, trains, hitch-hiking or whatever."
Mr Heilpern jailed the man for 12 months but ordered he be eligible for parole on December 30.
Outside court, Mr Coombes said his client denied any involvement in Kyhesha-Lee's death.
"He's in custody in relation to totally unrelated matters (and) we certainly haven't seen any evidence strong enough to suggest that charges (relating to Kyhesha-Lee's death) could or should be laid," he said.
"At the moment we're just dealing with the driving offences - that's what he was sentenced for.
"Everyone can do all the investigating and interviewing they like but at the moment, we're shadow boxing and there's no fight to be had."
Mr Coombes said he had advised his client not to speak further with Queensland detectives "unless some more allegations and evidence come forward".
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