A GOLDEN Square woman has broken a 43-year silence about seeing her father and another man holding a bloodied body the night her sister disappeared.

Lyn Ireland made the claim yesterday while giving evidence to a coronial inquest into the disappearance of Maureen Braddy, 16, and Allan Whyte, 17, on November 23, 1968.

Deputy State Coroner Iain West immediately adjourned the inquest and instructed Ms Ireland to make a new statement to police.

Maureen Braddy. Picture: SUPPLIED

Earlier Ms Ireland told the court she was woken by a commotion outside her bedroom window ‘‘late’’ on November 23.

“I went to the window and pulled the blind away from the window and looked outside,” she told the court.

An emotional Ms Ireland cried and composed herself before proceeding.

She told the court she saw her father Stanley Braddy and his best friend Ted Beasley ‘‘holding something’’.

“As they got closer (I saw) what they were holding. (It was) a young person. I could not tell who it was because it was covered with blood... what I believe to be blood now.”

Ms Ireland said she had no recollection of seeing her sister Maureen or Allan Whyte that night.

Allan Whyte. Picture: SUPPLIED

“It scared the c**p out of me. I pulled on the blind and Dad looked at the window... I jumped into bed,” she said.

Ms Ireland said her father later entered the room she shared with her sisters Jennifer and Debra and turned the light on.

“He came to my bed and I can remember he felt me and he hesitated before he left,” she said.

Ms Ireland, who was eight when Maureen disappeared, failed to tell police about what she saw out the window and her father entering her room during a formal statement in October 1999.

She told the court she had never spoken about what she had seen with family or police.

“I never raised it with anyone because I wanted to make sure I was 110 per cent sure,” she said.

Ms Ireland said she was too scared to mention anything about the incident.

She said the incident had haunted her for years and even as an adult, returning home to an empty house, she would check rooms and cupboards to make sure no one was there.

Ms Ireland said she had turned to hypnosis treatment to help her ‘‘get past that window’’.

The revelations shocked Mr West and the three barristers in the court.

Mr West called the barristers to his office for a closed-door conversation about how the inquest could proceed.

Ms Ireland had been in the witness box for about 20 minutes before Mr West left the court.

Family members consoled an emotional Ms Ireland for 40 minutes before Mr West returned.

Mr West said he and counsel assisting, Sebastian Reid, had been unaware of Ms Ireland’s new evidence before the inquest started.

“Having discussed the matter with counsel, we all decided it is appropriate that the inquest be terminated for the time being,” he said.

Mr West said the inquest would resume on a date yet to be fixed.

Ms Ireland will make a new statement to police today and officers will investigate the claims.

Stanley Braddy was due to give evidence at the coronial inquest today.

The court had previously heard Mr Beasley was deceased.