I think BE might have met CG on a previous occasion. I previously a few weeks ago that that barrister and BE were in the same year 12 class photo. Further, someone else in that same photo mentioned on the FB school reunion page (before that page was locked down) that that barrister and CG were...
When you drive along the Graham Farmer freeway (aka the Polly Pipe) away from the city there are overhead signs for Welshpool and Orrong Rd. So I don't think it's odd that he mentioned Welshpool.
I note that Welshpool is next to Kewdale where he lived.
I wonder whether he was simply posting...
In WA the prosecution can apply to the trial judge for an order that it be a judge only trial, but the judge cannot make that order unless the accused consents to it.
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It's worth remembering that the alleged crimes were committed 20 years ago, so there's a large pool of potential jurors available today who would have been too young at the time to remember the details of the alleged crimes.
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Rayney was different because the cops had publicly announced before he was arrested that he was the 'prime and only suspect', so Rayney was able to argue that the public had already made up its mind. He had also worked for the WA's DPP, so he was able to argue that all WA judges and the DPP...
Media - yes, because it's a public trial.
Court transcript - not that I'm aware of. The sentencing remarks of the judge get published I think.
The judge can order that the trial be televised. This is relatively new in WA and has happened only a few times before in WA. Because of the...
Not quite. If the accused wants a judge only trial then he or she must make an application for that to the trial judge, who will decide this. The accused does not have the right to a judge only trial.
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Addendum: We don't know anything yet. The State is in the process of gathering their case against him. Let the court process run its course.
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