Laura Mayers

So we're currently operating under the sub judice rules.

So that is under judicial consideration, everything that makes up the basis of this charge.

Basically, nothing within that can be publicly discussed.

But what I can say is that it is being held in Melbourne, these pretrial hearings.

And obviously, the basis of that is that one charge of murder.

So previously we had been hearing from Barrister Moya O'Brien.

Now we are hearing from Theo Casamates, who has been a Silk since 2016.

He's been practising for over 20 years and we've been hearing from him in the pre-trial hearings.

The short answer is no.

So there are a lot of different reasons why, I mean, what makes up these pretrial hearings.

And there's a lot of different reasons why there might be a delay.

It could be the sort of the availability of the parties, the barristers, those involved, the availability of the judge.

There are discussions that need to happen when it comes to evidence, any kind of evidence, any kind of witnesses that might be presenting evidence.

And none of which we can actually go into, as I said, because of those rules of sub judice.

So we cannot discuss them publicly.

There are a lot of restrictions on reporting when it comes to pretrial hearings for good reason.

Not at this stage, but I will say that we are keeping on it very closely.

Thank you for having me.