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Speaker 1: Hear the duplessy Ellen, we have a twist in the

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Speaker 1: case of John and Mike Beckenridge's mysterious disappearance all those

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Speaker 1: years ago. A hearing is being held in christ Huge

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Speaker 1: this week. Now. This is two years after the initial

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Speaker 1: coronial hearing. Analiska is the Herald senior crime reporter. She's

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Speaker 1: been at the hearing and is with us. Now, Hey, Hannah, Hi, Heather. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so this new we have avid evidence as a chap

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Speaker 1: who reckons that his cousin helped the pair escape. Is

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Speaker 1: that right?

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Speaker 2: Yes, We're going to hear more from this guy this week.

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Speaker 2: But apparently he told his cousin that he had helped

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Speaker 2: them and that they were alive, and that was reported

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Speaker 2: to police, we understand in sort of mid last year

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Speaker 2: and was investigated and is now back before the coroner.

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Speaker 1: Why has it taken so long to be reported? I mean,

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Speaker 1: this case has made headlines for years now.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, well, I think we'll hear a bit more

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Speaker 2: about that this week. We're expecting to hear from the

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Speaker 2: guy who's allegedly said this and the people who said

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Speaker 2: it too. And I think that's one of the big

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Speaker 2: questions that we'll be asked, is why you know it

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Speaker 2: came out when it did? You know, we'll also hear

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Speaker 2: from another family, Remember about the dynamic between these two people.

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Speaker 2: So I think it's going to be quite interesting hearing

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Speaker 2: the two sides and seeing what the coroner makes.

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Speaker 1: Of it ultimately what do we hope to get from this?

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Speaker 1: Like what is the coroner going to ultimately rule? Do

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Speaker 1: you think?

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Speaker 2: Look, the inquest was in twenty twenty three, and I

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Speaker 2: think that you know, this coming out, the coron has

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Speaker 2: got to have a look at it and see where

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Speaker 2: he can take it from here, if anywhere, you know,

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Speaker 2: obviously this is an exercise and getting everyone to the table,

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Speaker 2: you know, seeing who's saying what and what the veracity

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Speaker 2: is these claims and whether they can it can go

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Speaker 2: anywhere Another police have looked into it, and we'll hear

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Speaker 2: more about that in the next couple of days as well. So, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's going to be very interesting I think for everyone

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Speaker 2: to sort of hear this new information. But they're definitely

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Speaker 2: interesting for us to hear it this morning that there

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Speaker 2: was new evidence that.

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Speaker 1: Was going to be tabled. Yeah, and have we got

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Speaker 1: anywhere closer to understanding whether this car could have actually

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Speaker 1: gone off the cliff without a driver.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we had an independent engineering expert who gave evidence today.

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Speaker 2: Now his evidence was sought I think sort of mid

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three. They wanted to find someone that could

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Speaker 2: really really speak to you, an independent person to speak

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Speaker 2: to this. The police obviously are saying that no way

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Speaker 2: could have gone off without someone in it. This expert

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Speaker 2: today said that from what he's seen of the scene,

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Speaker 2: from the evidence there, there is no evidence that somebody

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Speaker 2: jumped out of the car at the last minute. He

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Speaker 2: said that, you know, to rig a car to go

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Speaker 2: over in the straight line that it did off that

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Speaker 2: cliff would take quite some if at an expense, there's

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Speaker 2: no evidence of that, and that, you know, his version

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Speaker 2: of events is the probability is very likely that there

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Speaker 2: was someone behind the wheel when that car went over. However,

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Speaker 2: the steering wheel and the brake pedal were never recovered,

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Speaker 2: so you know, it's a lot of We know that

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Speaker 2: the car was in an absolute state when they found it.

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Speaker 2: The bodies were not in the car, you know. So

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Speaker 2: we're looking at expert evidence of what could and couldn't

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Speaker 2: have happened, But whether we'll ever really know not sure.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, might be one of those. Hey Anna, thanks very much,

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. Analyask The Herald's senior crime reporter for more

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