S2E82: Claremont "Too Much Trouble" For Cab Drivers
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As the court waited for a reasonable time in the UK to video call Dr Ray Palmer for his final day giving evidence, two witness statements were read into the court.
\\nOne of them was from a former Perth taxi driver, who said he avoided Claremont, and preferred to drive in Northbridge because Claremont was \'too much trouble\', that people were often very drunk and disorderly.
\\nHe was one of the cab drivers who drove a cab number that WA Police specifically looked into. In this Podcast, The West\'s Emily Moulton explains why his specific cab number was looked into.
\\nIn another witness, a cold case detective revealed he was tasked with searching through old TV guides to find episodes of the X-Files.
\\nEarlier in the trial, Edwards\' first wife and the man who went on to become her lover, bonded over watching the x-files together, and to corroborate those claims, detectives had to see if the x-files was actually shown on the TV in the 90s - which he found they were.
\\nWhen Dr Ray Palmer was called later in the evening, defence Lawyer Paul Yovich finished his cross examination with the fibre expert, where he grilled him on his findings of when he thought fibres may have got onto the victims.
\\nDr palmer has now finished his evidence, next week, the much-anticipated 6-hour police interview with Bradley Edwards will be shown to the court.
\\nCourt will be back to normal hours.
\\nThe West Australian has also released a two-part video series, as Tim Clarke takes you through the areas which are key to the trial, from Claremont, where the women went missing, to Hollywood hospital and to the sites were Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon’s bodies were found.
\\nTo watch those videos, head to:
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\\n\\nIf you have any questions for the Claremont in Conversation podcast team, send them in to claremontpodcast@wanews.com.au
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