{"id":16192,"date":"2017-01-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/surprising-twist-in-david-hicks-court-case\/"},"modified":"2017-01-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T00:00:00","slug":"surprising-twist-in-david-hicks-court-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/surprising-twist-in-david-hicks-court-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprising twist in David Hicks court case"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>An appearance by David Hicks in an Adelaide court has turned into a \u201ccircus\u201d, says The Advertiser\u2019s chief court reporter Sean Fewster.<\/h3>\n<p>Hicks is accused of assaulting his then domestic partner last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we arrived at the court yesterday we were told by sheriffs officers that prior to our arrival the magistrate had already decided we weren\u2019t going to be allowed in,\u201d Sean told FIVEAA brekkie\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we weren\u2019t going to be allowed to see the file, and we weren\u2019t going to be told what was going on in the court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe couldn\u2019t even get through the doors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/301933717&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sean said the magistrate\u2019s decision had Hicks\u2019 own legal team \u201ca little off guard\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something very unusual, and the reason that was given wasn\u2019t a reason\u2026 this magistrate said, \u2018I\u2019m not going to release the court file because there might be information in there that tends to identify people involved\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It is] something I\u2019ve not seen done in a domestic violence case before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s turned into a bit of a circus. 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