Eva Blandis

But I would imagine that there may be some bail applications coming up because they've got something in their favour, I think, having been in custody for so long.

And if

they're in custody without having a full trial in 2028.

That's five years.

So, look, it's at the end of the day, it's up to them, obviously, to apply.

Then it's up to the judge to decide if they're the right fit for bail.

Look, I can totally understand that this would raise a lot of questions and it's not the first time that I've covered something in court and I've been criticised or someone's asked about why I haven't labelled something domestic or family violence.

Now, it's simply because we have to report what is said in court.

If it's not said in court that this is family or domestic violence, I can't

as a reporter, can't make that assumption.

In this case, when the relationship between Cherie and Jeffrey McLean was being described, the phrase family violence wasn't used.

To sound a bit like a boring journalist, I'm here to report the facts put in front of me and put them before you guys and you guys just can make your own conclusions.

But we are just very, very limited in what we can say.

No, of course not.

Again, we just report the facts of what we heard in court.

We can't sort of go out and do some more research about Geoffrey or, you know... Yeah, it's hard.

And, look, I think this is an issue the public find it really sort of jarring that, you know...

These people, these victims are referred to as, you know, the deceased or things like that.

But again, it is a courtroom and things are portrayed differently.

And we, there's only so much we can do with that.