I attended Stein’s trial today and as luck would have it, the court has finished early as the prosecution has run out of witnesses.
In the witness stand today was the lady from Lawson’s auctions, Shauna. Shauna visited the house in July and October 2021, for the purpose of inspecting items within the property with a view to auctioning them. She was introduced to Justin Stein in July 2021. Annemie Stein showed her through the property. Shauna stated the house had a hidden room which was accessed by a door within a wardrobe in one of the bedrooms. There was also an underground bunker, which was accessed by the back deck, which was full of items, it was like a storage area. She described Justin Stein’s room as having men’s clothes on the floor and also tattooing equipment, which she thought may have been tattoo guns. She visited the property again on 6th Jan 2022 to refresh her memory regarding the items for prospective auction. She stated that she only saw Charlise on this occasion, on the 6th Jan, 2022. On this occasion she also saw Kallista sitting on the back deck with Justin Stein, but she was not introduced to Kallista. Also on this occasion she noticed a boat in the driveway of the property that she had not noticed previously.
Other witnesses were expert witnesses, a DNA expert and a Forensic expert in gunshot residue.
But I will need a bit of time to report here, so I will post later.
Today there were only 14 jurors instead of the 15…… I don’t know why though.
I did visualise Justin Stein today. He showed no emotion. He was dressed in a dark suit and dark tie with a white shirt. He has either a weak beard or a goatee, hard to tell.
In closing Justice Helen Wilson stated that she will allow the Section 77 to continue to Monday for the accused.
“A
section 77 Order allows an inmate to be transferred to a court or tribunal.”