At the Julie Corkill trial one of the main contractors has given his version of the circumstances which led to tradesmen who were constructing the Ballacain holiday cottages carrying out work on the Corkill's private home. Will Kelly, a partner in GC Construction, said it was agreed with Mrs. Corkill that a number of tradesmen would do work inside the main house. He said they were already on the site and, following a request for extra work, it was normal practice to use men who were readily available. Mrs. Corkill, the wife of former chief minister Richard Corkill, denies four charges of false accounting and two of obtaining money by deception. The charges relate to the work at their home at Ballacain, Onchan. Mr Kelly explained the method of payment used during the building work at Ballacain. He said a quantity surveyor provided a monthly assessment of the work carried out, including a breakdown of that on the holiday cottages and the main house. He said the breakdown was included in invoices given to Mrs Corkill, but said he didn't know if the information was passed on by her to the Department of Tourism and Leisure. When asked by Stuart Kneale, prosecuting, if he was trying to hide the private work Mr Kelly said he wasn't, because it was included in the monthly valuations he supplied. Mr Kelly also said he was asked by Mrs Corkill on numerous occasions to provide a second estimate in support of the grant application for phase two. He said he told her he couldn't because the company he would have had to use, K and G Construction Limited, hadn't traded for about seven years, and wasn't government registered. However, he claimed, Mrs Corkill (pictured) persisted and, in the end, to get her, in his words "off his back", he agreed. Mr Kelly told the court he felt under pressure to provide the estimate, but wasn't threatened. The trial continues.