S2E82: Claremont "Too Much Trouble" For Cab Drivers

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. One 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. He 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. In another witness, a cold case detective revealed he was tasked with searching through old TV guides to find episodes of the X-Files. Earlier 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. When 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. Dr palmer has now finished his evidence, next week, the much-anticipated 6-hour police interview with Bradley Edwards will be shown to the court. Court will be back to normal hours. The 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. To watch those videos, head to: Part 1: https://thewest.com.au/news/claremont-serial-killings/claremont-serial-killings-trial-tim-clarke-takes-you-on-a-visual-tour-of-claremont-ng-b881516606z Part 2: https://thewest.com.au/news/claremont-serial-killings/claremont-serial-killings-trial-tim-clarke-takes-you-to-wellard-and-eglington-ng-b881517153z If you have any questions for the Claremont in Conversation podcast team, send them in to [email protected] omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.