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Gordon Wood prosecutor Mark Tedeschi says he presented trial evidence 'very fairly' Gordon Wood prosecutor denies poisoning jurors' minds over green Bentley
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The crown prosecutor in the Gordon Wood murder trial has denied poisoning the jurors’ minds in relation to a green Bentley car then owned by stockbroker Rene Rivkin.The crown prosecutor in the Gordon Wood murder trial has denied poisoning the jurors’ minds in relation to a green Bentley car then owned by stockbroker Rene Rivkin.
“I think I presented that evidence very fairly to the jury,” Mark Tedeschi QC said in the New South Wales supreme court on Thursday, under questioning from Wood’s barrister, Bruce McClintock SC.“I think I presented that evidence very fairly to the jury,” Mark Tedeschi QC said in the New South Wales supreme court on Thursday, under questioning from Wood’s barrister, Bruce McClintock SC.
Wood, whose murder conviction was overturned in 2012, is suing the state for malicious prosecution, claiming millions of dollars in damages.Wood, whose murder conviction was overturned in 2012, is suing the state for malicious prosecution, claiming millions of dollars in damages.
He spent more than three years in jail after a jury found he murdered Caroline Byrne by spear-throwing her off a cliff at The Gap on the night of 7 June 1995.He spent more than three years in jail after a jury found he murdered Caroline Byrne by spear-throwing her off a cliff at The Gap on the night of 7 June 1995.
Wood was a former chauffeur to Rivkin, who the jury was told owned a four-door, green Bentley.Wood was a former chauffeur to Rivkin, who the jury was told owned a four-door, green Bentley.
Two witnesses testified to seeing a two-door, green Bentley in the vicinity of The Gap on the afternoon of 7 June.Two witnesses testified to seeing a two-door, green Bentley in the vicinity of The Gap on the afternoon of 7 June.
In his final address to the jury, Tedeschi said: “It would be very easy to be mistaken about the number of doors.”In his final address to the jury, Tedeschi said: “It would be very easy to be mistaken about the number of doors.”
On Thursday, McClintock said the claim “completely missed the point” and there was no support in the evidence of a four-door Bentley being seen that afternoon.On Thursday, McClintock said the claim “completely missed the point” and there was no support in the evidence of a four-door Bentley being seen that afternoon.
But the prosecutor said it was “perfectly proper” for him to observe to the jury that the men may have been mistaken about the number of doors. If they were, it was some evidence to go into the totality of the evidence to prove Wood had been in the area shortly before Byrne’s death.But the prosecutor said it was “perfectly proper” for him to observe to the jury that the men may have been mistaken about the number of doors. If they were, it was some evidence to go into the totality of the evidence to prove Wood had been in the area shortly before Byrne’s death.
“It was a little drop of illegitimate poison you were putting into the jury’s mind,” McClintock said.“It was a little drop of illegitimate poison you were putting into the jury’s mind,” McClintock said.
Tedeschi disagreed.Tedeschi disagreed.
Wood’s civil hearing is continuing.Wood’s civil hearing is continuing.