1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: It's the case that everybody's talking about. I can tell 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: you that the stats are in from our websites and 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: everybody's clicking. They want every little salacious detail. I mean, 4 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: it's got everything. It's got rich people in remi wearer, 5 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: It's got accusations of murder, accusations of suicide, drugs, sex 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: and everything. It is the trial of Philip Polkinghorn and 7 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: today was day three. The former is surgeon is accused 8 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: of murdering his wife, Pauline Hannah, in April of twenty 9 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: twenty one, but he maintains she took her own life. 10 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: Chelsea Daniels has been in court and she's rushed across 11 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: town and she joins me. Now, hello, Chelsea, hey aa. 12 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: So what was the focus of today's evidence. 13 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 2: Well, day three centered around a bright orange rope hanging 14 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 2: from a balustrade or a railing. Officers believe the rope 15 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 2: Philip Polkinghorn said his wife had used to take her 16 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 2: own life simply didn't have enough tension. A detective, Ilona 17 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 2: Walton told the court attention test was done on the 18 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 2: rope and it was unusual how it unraveled with little 19 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 2: force from memory. 20 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 3: It was just like a finger and a thumb, and 21 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:04,839 Speaker 3: it was like a light poll. It wasn't It certainly 22 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 3: wasn't a hard yank. It was just a gentle light pole. 23 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 2: Sergeant Christian Ioga was the one who did the tension test, 24 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 2: where he pinched the rope and pulled with minimal effort, 25 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 2: to which it then unraveled. It unraveled so much that 26 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 2: photo's first show at dangling overhead in the entrance way, 27 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,919 Speaker 2: and then others touched with it, touching the white tiles below. 28 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 2: He then tested the part of the rope that was 29 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 2: tied around three rods of that second floor railing. 30 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 3: I put my finger on top to see if it 31 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 3: would slide up and down, and again with a minimum tension, 32 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 3: that rope that's tied around the three balustrades slipped down 33 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 3: a little bit. 34 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 2: He said he didn't think it could sustain or support 35 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 2: any weight. Ron Mansfield, the defense, has pointed out Polkinghorn 36 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 2: has admitted he actually undid a bit of the rope 37 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 2: prior to lessen the tension around his wife's neck. 38 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: But the defense questioned this team yes. 39 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 2: So Ron Mansfield asked a Detective Walton why she didn't 40 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 2: speak to Polkinghorn after the test was done in order to. 41 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 4: See whether there might be a very logical explanation for 42 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 4: our the loosely rope on top of the stairs so 43 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 4: easily once again just fell downstairs. 44 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 2: And like I said, he noted his client had already 45 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 2: admitted touching the rope that. 46 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 4: Morning, and then within that statement you would have noted 47 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 4: that it read I did the following things, and because 48 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:39,679 Speaker 4: I was so flustered, I undid the belt and rope 49 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 4: from around Pauline's neck and then went upstairs to undo 50 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 4: the knock from the court. 51 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 3: Can you see that? 52 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: All right? So we know? And police told us that 53 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: they examined the scene for eight days and all that 54 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: was detailed this afternoon. Can you tell us anything about that? 55 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 2: Well? Police scoured every one of the three hundred and 56 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 2: seventy square meters of that Upland Road home, four bedrooms, 57 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 2: four bathrooms, the library, the kitchen, the study, the laundry, everything. 58 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: Sergeant Aioga assumed the role of officer in charge of 59 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 2: the scene. He was asked using photos to take us 60 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 2: through the examination and some of the things he found 61 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 2: along the way. He noted a pink container with black 62 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 2: riding in a drawer and an en suite, a red 63 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 2: littered container in the master bedroom, a brown black box 64 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 2: under the bed with a butane lighter. 65 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 3: Is it a box beside it? Yes, that is a 66 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 3: box beside it. And then upon opening the box, as 67 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 3: you can see in image ninety seven, it revealed a 68 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 3: used glass pipe which is commonly used to smoke meth 69 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 3: and fetamine. 70 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 2: We know that thirty seven point seven grams of myth 71 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 2: that would be found in total dotted all around the house. 72 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 2: And the trial will continue tomorrow. 73 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: Andrew, quite a few people have said to me that 74 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 1: thirty seven grams, there's quite a lot of myth. You 75 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: say back to them, how do you know? 76 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 2: Well, I made my own inquiries. I didn't know this either, 77 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 2: but apparently a a dose is usually around a tenth 78 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 2: of a gram. 79 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: Right, okay. And meanwhile, all this that you are seeing 80 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: is going to be made into a podcast, Yes Accused. 81 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 2: The Pulkinghorn Trial. You can find it on the front page, 82 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 2: podcast feed or on iHeartRadio or wherever you get. 83 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 1: Your podcast Telsea. Thank you for you. See you again tomorrow. 84 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 4: For more from Hither Duplessy, Allen Drive listen live to 85 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 4: news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 86 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 4: the podcast on iHeartRadio