COMING into his third day on the witness stand, Mr Resham Singh changed his stance on the nature of his relationship with Madam Amutha Valli, as he continued to defend his lack of action during the alleged exorcism.

New details emerged when Madam Valli's 'sworn brother', Mr Resham Singh, took the witness stand again on Friday to be grilled by defence counsel Dennis Tan.

Mr Singh claimed that he had made a phone call to the police on the night of the alleged exorcism and said that he had phone records to prove it.

Mr Tan proceeded to prompt Mr Singh on when his close relationship with Madam Vali actually started. Mr Singh replied it was the middle of 2003.

Mr Tan showed the court that Mr Singh's and Madam Valli's passports revealed they had made a trip to Sydney together from April 1 to April 10, 2003.

Mr Singh replied that he had only made the booking for the family.

He added that he was unaware of the patchy relationship that Madam Valli had with her husband.

Mr Singh also denied any intimate relationship between him and Madam Valli despite Mr Tan saying that there were witnesses who said they acted inappropriately at coffee shops.

Not family

Moving his line of questioning to the night of the alleged exorcism, Mr Tan asked Mr Singh why he did not take action against the alleged forced exorcism. Mr Singh's answer was that Madam Valli was 'not his family and they were not blood-related'.

This despite the fact that throughout the trial, Mr Singh had repeatedly maintained that he regarded Madam Valli as part of his family and made references to having a 'duty to the family'.

Mr Singh also spoke of an Indian man that was blocking the door of the room where the alleged exorcism took place, and that he felt 'helpless, fearful and overpowered' by him as well as 'by a group of 10 to 15 people singing'.

He added that he 'did not want to be violent' and referred to the people as 'fanatics'.

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