Two suspects deny involvement in 1974 nurses' double-murder Terrence Jimmy O'Neill leaves the Cold Case Inquest at the Toowoomba Courthouse, after telling the coroner he had nothing to do with the 1974 murders of Wendy Evans and Lorraine Wilson. Picture: Josh Woning Source: The Courier-Mail A SECOND suspect in the unsolved 1974 murder of two nurses has denied killing the hitch-hiking women and has apologised to the families of the dead girls. Allan Neil "Ungie" Laurie swore under oath to an inquest into the deaths of Wendy Evans and Lorraine Wilson that he "definitely" had nothing to do with the murders. He said he "never" picked up hitch-hikers and never had sex with women without their consent. He denied that he and his now-dead step uncle Allan "Shorty" Laurie - another suspect - had been known as standover men in Toowoomba in the 1970s. "I don't think we were standover men," he said. I think we stood up for our rights. He admitted they occasionally got into fights and that he "might have" had a drinking problem. Outside court, 63-year-old Mr Laurie had tears in his eyes as he stood beside his lawyer, Andrew Bale, who confirmed his client had apologised to the families after he gave evidence. Mr Bale said Mr Laurie had been "put through the ringer" after being named as a suspect last year and was looking forward to having his name cleared. Earlier, Terrence James "Jimmy" O'Neill had been the first of three suspects to give evidence at the inquest.