Elizabeth Byrne

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

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The Case Of · 13 The Two Intruders | What the jury didn’t hear · 27 Apr 2026 podcast

And then there was a mistrial application.

And that was about the lack of disclosures about the white van and, of course, the tape that was contaminated in the white van.

And we heard all about that in an earlier episode about how it was actually Irma's dried blood from a van.

from a laboratory that had not been cleaned.

So Sky Jerome's summation in that particular application was that this has been a trial by ambush because she said they weren't getting the information that they needed.

And of course, this was all tactical.

See, the thing was the DNA evidence in the fridge on the two containers was quite powerful.

So if Sky Jerome could have the jury dismissed or a mistrial declared based on some of these other issues, then she would have achieved her aim.

So she couldn't go directly to the strong bit of evidence, but she could use weaker bits of evidence to undo the trial.

Well, he was about to appear as a witness because the prosecution eventually relented and called him.

But he was ready standing by and then Sky Jerome said she didn't need him anymore.

I think we were.

One of the most touching moments came quite early in the trial when one of the policemen who'd been called to the 1998 burglary read her statement that was given to police at the time.

So we heard in Irma's own words what she said had happened to her that night.

And it

it brought it home to you, this is a person who's died in a violent way.

And it is a person who had a life, who had children and grandchildren and had a life to live still.

And that's very sad.

And so while there was a lot of legal argument going on,

She was threaded through the whole trial and you did have a sense of her presence through that.

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