At one stage Justice Barr counselled Blanchette that he ought consider taking legal advice before answering a particular question. Sensationally on his second day in the witness box, Blanchette admitted that early that morning he had phoned another witness -- Melinda Medich, his girlfriend and a minor at the time of Byrne's death -- before she was due to give evidence later that day.
Melinda Medich
Byrne