Why Prosecution Stayed Silent
Prosecutor's silence raises eyebrows and speculation today
Aug 3, 2026 · 28 min · 13 segments
As a new week of evidence starts in the Claremont serial killings trial, the court takes on a different format for the day. While the court waited to hear from the man who impregnated Bradley…
Tim Clark
Damian CrippsGuest
Natalie BongiovanniHost
So last week I was calling in mostly at the end of a day's play, but we're even more current this, today because, uh, we're in, we're in the lunch break, but it's, uh, at 4:00s West Australian time, so it's a late lunch, and that's because we're accommodating an overseas witness, as you said, today.

Now, he lives, uh, overseas in a, in a completely different, uh, hemisphere.

And so to accommodate the time difference between Western Australia and where he's giving evidence from, the court has agreed to, uh, sit late to, um, to get his video evidence.

Um, and so here we are, we're gonna be s- sort of in about an hour or so, um, starting to, to hear his, his evidence.

It's, it, it, it's unusual in that the court has had to facilitate the timing.

... um, has a, has a real integral story to tell about the timing of, um, the, the, his relationship and how that relationship, um, got, got legs, if I could put it that way.

Um, so I think that it's, it, the importance of, um, the evidence far outweighs any inconvenience that the court would face in getting this evidence in.

And it's less, sorry, Na- and it's less in- inconvenient as it would, uh, if there was a jury, obviously.

Um, and, uh, even in the last 10 minutes, the judge has basically said, "Look, we'll send the other witnesses home as to not inconvenience them."

But all the major parties, um, as, as part of the court, um, yeah, mate, it's just, it's just a late sitting because as Damian says, it's an, uh, it's a very important witness.

He wouldn't want to do it again, um, you know, have to split it up and get another video link, um, arranged and, and, and so forth.

So last week I was calling in mostly at the end of a day's play, but we're even more current this, today because, uh, we're in, we're in the lunch break, but it's, uh, at 4:00s West Australian time, so it's a late lunch, and that's because we're accommodating an overseas witness, as you said, today.

Now, he lives, uh, overseas in a, in a completely different, uh, hemisphere.

And so to accommodate the time difference between Western Australia and where he's giving evidence from, the court has agreed to, uh, sit late to, um, to get his video evidence.

Um, and so here we are, we're gonna be s- sort of in about an hour or so, um, starting to, to hear his, his evidence.

It's, it, it, it's unusual in that the court has had to facilitate the timing.

... um, has a, has a real integral story to tell about the timing of, um, the, the, his relationship and how that relationship, um, got, got legs, if I could put it that way.

Um, so I think that it's, it, the importance of, um, the evidence far outweighs any inconvenience that the court would face in getting this evidence in.

And it's less, sorry, Na- and it's less in- inconvenient as it would, uh, if there was a jury, obviously.

Um, and, uh, even in the last 10 minutes, the judge has basically said, "Look, we'll send the other witnesses home as to not inconvenience them."

But all the major parties, um, as, as part of the court, um, yeah, mate, it's just, it's just a late sitting because as Damian says, it's an, uh, it's a very important witness.

He wouldn't want to do it again, um, you know, have to split it up and get another video link, um, arranged and, and, and so forth.
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