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Recently a local High Court Trial lasted three weeks. Here are a few brief excerpts from a report submitted by one of the journalists, who attended every Court session.

' A raised voice is rare in court, and I enjoyed a number of brief, deep naps. One day a cellphone woke me up. I felt so outraged that I wanted to press charges.'

'The witnesses included the most beautiful bank manager I've ever seen, although she may be New Zealand's only beautiful bank manager.'

'I became a trial bore, banging on about it to anyone who didn't ask. It occupied my mind, I was a witness to such sadness, such suffering, I lost $10 in wagers with a lawyer about when the jury would deliver the verdict. It took them three days.'

Note the change from the usual dull Court reports.