John Makita

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219 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 31 Aug

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The Case Of · 15 The Two Intruders | We talk to Irma’s grandson · 7 May 2026 podcast

And like we had heard during the court case, there may have been one or two other people, but I was never aware.

My grandmother, I remember going to the house in Red Hill and it was, she would place things in unusual locations.

So if you went to the cupboard to get a tea towel, suddenly there would be

you know, either some money or there would be a gold ring wrapped up in something.

I mean, this is just the way it was.

She would just hide things all across the house, which inevitably ended up as the reason why these offenders had gone through the whole house, especially in McKellar, because that's the way that my grandma did it.

She would not keep everything in one location, but obviously having that safety hidey hole in McKellar, it allowed her to put everything in the one spot.

I think it was basically during the police investigation.

I had never seen it.

The first time that I had seen any photos inside the house, or even photos of my grandfather when he was first beaten, when they had brought him to the hospital, was on the 60 Minutes special, and that was quite confronting.

But prior to that, we'd never seen anything.

I'd never been to the house in McKellar after it had happened.

I just couldn't bring myself to do that.

So it was the hidey hole.

I had no idea at all that there was such a thing.

We always used to joke as the family as if anything ever happened to them and they eventually passed away that we would have to literally leave no stone unturned in the house to find to make sure we're not just throwing valuables out.

Yeah, look, they were very, very scared after that had happened.

The first time obviously was a big jolt, especially losing so much.

But to be physically attacked that my grandmother was in that second home invasion that they had or robbery, if we call it that,

They felt very unsecure.

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