Australia, July 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 17:
1. I am not satisfied, in the context of a murder trial that has gone for as long as this particular one, that it would not otherwise be possible to conveniently examine the evidence of Detective Senior Sergeant Moon because of the volume and complexity of the documents. Accordingly, I am not satisfied that the condition that animates s 50 of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) (Evidence Act) has been made good.
2. However, I see no reason why the evidence cannot be given by reference to the expert certificate, marked as MFI-54 in its unredacted form in the trial, of Dr Summerell, being the relevantly qualified expert in forensic bi...