16 The Two Intruders | A second sting and a cancer diagnosis
5/22/202628 min
A defendant's cancer diagnosis can now be revealed, along with details of a second police sting that helped link one of the intruders to the crime scene.
Reporter Elizabteth Byrne explains how she campaigned the court to release more information about the two intruders, including previously suppressed stories of knuckle dusters, cable ties and a truckload of stolen cigarettes.
Liz and James Vyver return to the pod to talk through the revelations.
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First 90 secondsSana Qadar0:00
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Stephen Stockwell· Host0:09
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Speaker 3· Soundbite0:15
When you're testifying in court, rather than having purely your own memory, you take on all these little bits and pieces of information from different sources.
Sana Qadar0:23
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Elizabeth Byrne· Guest0:29
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Stephen Stockwell· Host0:35
[intro music] The arrest for a million-dollar conspiracy that led police to one intruder and a health crisis of the other that almost derailed the trial. These are the uncloaked details we can finally tell you about. I'm Stephen Stockwell. Welcome to episode 16 of The Case of the Two Intruders.
Elizabeth Byrne· Guest1:03
Irma Polaseks brutal murder rocked her family and has haunted them for 24 long years.
Stephen Stockwell· Host1:10
This wasn't the average robbery.
James Vyver· Guest1:11
The brutality of the attack shocked the community.
Elizabeth Byrne· Guest1:14
They were virtually tortured that night.
Speaker 61:17
Violently assaulted before the two men ransacked the premises and stole cash and jewelry.
Stephen Stockwell· Host1:23
My grandparents were beaten, and my grandmother was left to die on the lounge room floor.