Olivana Loutharis

And I'm sure, again, that's another factor for them to be weighing up, whether they want to sort of drag this process out even longer than what it's already stretched out for.

Yeah, this was, again, one of those sort of loose ends that we had at the end of the trial with Matt Wright.

At the time, we did put questions to the DPP about whether or not they were going to be pursuing that third count of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

And at the time, they just sort of said, we're just going to wait to see how this all plays out.

Again, I think the appeal was a factor in that because at that stage, everyone was expecting something

Are there to be another whole stage to this case with appealing those other two counts?

But at this stage, again, we just we haven't heard anything about that third count.

I'm not sure whether this appeal and whether or not that appeal will go ahead is again a factor in whether or not they'll continue to try to pursue count three.

But no news yet, Stockie.

But when there is, you'll be the first to know.

Well, I guess the simplest answer to that question is just that they treat each count separately.

I don't know whether there's a world where the counts are so intermingled where you kind of can't reach...

a verdict on one without reaching a verdict on the other.

But certainly in this case, each count relates to a specific circumstance, a specific incident that has happened.

And so even though the jury were able to reach a decision on counts one and two, they simply just couldn't reach a decision on the third one, which was sort of this totally separate allegation, a totally separate incident that unfolded.

I

So it doesn't necessarily mean that just because the jury can't come to a decision on that third count that the whole case falls apart.

It's just they just sort of amputate count three.

And like we were saying, the DPP can choose to re-agitate that.

They can try to bring it back to court again.