And while we had an opportunity, we asked DPP Vidal about the Noh Mul case file. As we showed you last night, Commissioner Whylie also promised that it would be on her desk by tomorrow.
Well, it arrived today, a day early, and Vidal told us that she's had an opportunity to go through it, and she will be giving the investigator her directives tomorrow.
And speaking on the delay, she told us that she believes that the Noh Mul mauling is of national and international importance, and she wants to be sure that she can prosecute the case to completion.
She told us that her experience with the police department throughout her tenure is that the investigating officers lay charges, and then they neglect the case after they've announced to the nation that someone has been charged.
She explained that when the cases go badly, all the heat then falls on her office, because the police investigators ignored her additional advice on improving the case against the accused – a scenario which she seems determined to avoid in this high profile case.
