The trial of Camilleri began on 15 February 1999 and ran until 10 April. A total of 70 witnesses were called. Prosecution evidence included a shirt belonging to Barry containing semen matching Camilleri's DNA profile. The shirt was discovered at the rubbish dump in Old Wallagoot Road where the pair had first taken the girls. Police recovered evidence from almost every location the pair had taken the girls and assaulted them. Beckett was called to give evidence against his co-accused and spent five days in the witness box. Camilleri continued his claims that he was in a stupor when the girls were with the car, and that he barely remembered them, hoping to lay the entire blame for the murders on his associate Beckett.