A Cry in the Dark
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1:11:00
You can get a positive reaction to rust?
1:11:03
Sometimes, with some rusts. Yes.
1:11:05
Is it a fact that after four days’ screening,
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you cannot prove the presence
of blood in the compartments

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or the base
of the Chamberlain camera bag?

1:11:14
No. My report states that.
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What about the real thing? The actual
Ouchterlony plates at end of your tests?

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- Do you produce those?
- No.

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- They’re in Sydney, are they?
- No.

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- Where are they?
- They have been destroyed.

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- All of them?
- Yes.

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- Whose decision was that?
- It’s standard procedure in our laboratory.

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Professor Chaikin, you examined
the tufts from the camera bag

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to see whether they could have
come from the jump suit.

1:11:44
I did, yes.
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I would, if you don’t mind, Your Honour,
demonstrate it by cutting it.

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(laughter)
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The mighty Chaikin!
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- Get off!
- And now, for my next trick...

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And you cut it. Some tufts fall off.
1:12:02
And you can shake some off.
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Are you able to express an opinion as to
whether a dingo’s teeth made those cuts?

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I would say no.
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These are Lindy Chamberlain’s scissors.
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Are these the scissors
you first used in your cutting tests?

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Yes.
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- And?
- They came apart.

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The scissors you used for the tests,
are they larger than the Chamberlains’?

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Yes.
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- So far more efficient for your purposes?
- Yes.

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I concede that the Chamberlain
scissors, as I received them,

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could not cut jump suit material.
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- They’re trying to blame a dingo?
- Have you seen a dingo using scissors?

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Not really.
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- "Lindy Chamberlain showed no emotion."
- There’s Mum and Dad!

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Can we ring ‘em?
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Maybe tomorrow, eh?

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