Kyle and Jackie O told to ‘engage their brains' over mushroom case
The outspoken duo may have gone too far while giving their own early verdicts on Patterson in the weeks before she was convicted of three counts of murder, venturing into discussions that may have touched on material declared off-limits while the trial was still underway.
'Did she do it or what?,' Sandilands asked live on air on June 16 before his co-host rushed to chime in: 'Yeah, like, what does the evidence point to? My question is, how strong is her case?'
Sandilands responded: 'Not strong.'
The KIIS breakfast radio presenters then discussed evidence from the prosecution about mobile phone tower records potentially placing Patterson in Loch and Outtrim in South Gippsland, two sites where death cap mushrooms had been spotted.
'Picking mushrooms,' Sandilands said, before asking: 'Hasn't she done something like this before, with the mushrooms?'
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Media and others commenting on trials are prevented from publishing information that may prejudice the hearing under sub judice contempt laws, which continue to see career and inexperienced legal scribes walking a tightrope while reporting on Patterson's murder trial.
But with his radio program already on the nose with Victorian audiences, some of Sandilands' June 16 remarks about Patterson's trial appear to have tripped him up with Supreme Court Justice Christopher Beale.
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