Elizabeth Byrne

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491 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 31 Aug

Elizabeth Byrne’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Case Of · UPDATE: The Two Intruders | A second sting and a cancer diagnosis · 22 May 2026 podcast

And so before Justice Mossop even came on the bench, but without telling the judge, the prison officers called an ambulance and he was taken to hospital before anyone could do anything.

And Justice Mossop was quite cross about that because he hadn't been informed.

Hmm.

But there were numerous interruptions from this as Joseph Focconi's health was deteriorating.

So there was, first of all, these two occasions in court.

Then we'd have to have a day off here and a day off there.

And this is what led to him being able to listen to the trial from the jail.

Well, the only reason I can sort of see is that, you know, there could be undue sympathy for him, although it must have been clear to jury members that there was something seriously wrong.

But it was not explained to them that he wasn't just unwell, that he was suffering from liver cancer.

No, he wasn't in the room.

He was actually at the Canberra Hospital after one of his treatments.

In fact, the prosecutor asked for a delay in the verdict, but the judge said, no, if they've got a verdict, we need to hear it now.

So he actually heard it from the hospital.

Well, it was really a question of time, I think.

I tried very hard to get it lifted at the end of the trial when the verdicts were delivered.

I wrote to the judge and said, would you consider lifting the suppressions when the jury's delivered its verdict?

And the judge said,

didn't answer me until he got into court when he said that there's been a request from the ABC.

I wrote to him again and again, and then I received a note a few days ago saying this will be

listed in court this week.

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