But no witnesses were called on Monday after former prosecutor Mark Tedeschi,KC,acting for NSW Police,argued Supreme Court Justice John Sackar,who is heading the inquiry,was straying beyond the terms of reference.
NSW Police also claimed in a letter on Friday that “approximately 12 UHT[unsolved homicide team] investigations and reviews have had to be placed on hold while the relevant officers assist in the context of this inquiry” because of the “considerable resources” required.
More than 220 boxes of archived material and 77,000 electronic files had already been provided,police said.
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Sackar rejected the claims and said accusing the commission of “either wittingly or even unwittingly ... interrupting the proper police work in relation to unsolved homicides is frankly unacceptable”.
Police had “twice now” accused the inquiry of interrupting police inquiries or the solution of crimes,he said.
“That is rejected,Mr Tedeschi. Both of them are inappropriately made and should not have been made,” he said.