The stooped old man shuffled laboriously along the corridor of Ballina local court on his walker, muttering under his breath. In these court rooms, he had taken the stand, a picture of a befuddled, grandfatherly man with shaking hands and a fading memory.
As a key witness Ric Blum was under interrogation by the sharp and precise Adam Casselden SC, assisting the coroner, Teresa O’Sullivan.