Easier to swallow...

... than the words of the judge with the same name is a sip of this mirabelle liqueur. Maybe it also helps to forget the 65 trial days and the fact that pretty much every single application from the defence has been rejected by the judge.

We wish for the accused that this "first world" trial will soon come to an end and that the court will acknowledge the circumstances that led to the alleged hijacking of the Taipan, as the judge said he would during the last court hearing.

The next court date is Thursday, 5 January.