As Murray AJ was saying these words, I saw that John Wilson was still standing at the bar table with a black Lever Arch folder on the table. I saw John Wilson's arms move and then wave about in a throwing motion. I saw an object hurl very quickly towards Murray AJ. I then turned around and saw that Murray AJ's suit coat was splashed with a yellow substance. There were also splashes of the same substance on the bench in front of him. A plastic bag which looked as if it had burst had landed on the bench above me. At first I did not know what the yellow substance was. It looked as if the substance may be an acid of some type and quickly pulled it off the bench onto the floor between the Court Reporter and myself. While I was doing this, another missile was thrown. This second missile landed between myself and the Court Reporter. At this time the Court Officer grabbed Mr Wilson who struggled with him. The Judge's Tipstaff Bernard Roach then went to assist. The Court adjourned and I went to the ante room to help Murray AJ. I then saw Bernard Roach telephone security. I subsequently examined the Murray AJ's coat and found that the substance appeared to be yellow paint. This paint was on the left breast and lapel area of Murray AJ's suit. I also saw the Court Reporter's dress was splattered with yellow substance. There was also some yellow paint on my jacket."
13 The account given by Ms Olsen has been supplemented by a further affidavit to which were annexed a series of photographs showing the paint which landed on the bench and on the floor in the vicinity of the bench. Those photographs further show the black folder which was found on the Bar table in the immediate presence of Mr Wilson, which contained a further plastic container within the hollowed out cavity.
14 Ms Olsen's account has been corroborated in the affidavit of the Tipstaff, Bernard Lee Roach, who was similarly present on 5 September 1997 when the incident described occurred.
15 Mr Roach described how he and Walter Baer, the Court Officer, took hold of Mr Wilson after the paint was thrown and restrained him pending arrival of security. That account is corroborated by the Court Officer, Walter Baer, who described seeing Mr Wilson open up a folder which he had placed on the Bar table, remove a yellow packet from the folder and throw it at Acting Justice Murray. This witness said that he saw the packet hit Acting Justice Murray in the region of his left chest shoulder area, after which he saw Mr Wilson remove a second yellow package from the folder which was then thrown towards the bench.
16 The accounts of these witnesses have been supplemented by affidavits sworn by Gregory Peter McNally of counsel, who was waiting in court for the matter of Duggan v Parrett to be called on, after judgment was delivered in the reserved matter concerning Mr Wilson. This witness said that he examined the folder which had been placed on the Bar table. He confirmed that, when seen by him, it appeared to contain a number of court documents which had been cut out, to create a cavity. Within that cavity were contained the plastic bags filled with paint.
17 Similar observations were made by Maina Gordon, a Solicitor instructing Nicole Abadee of counsel, who was similarly briefed to appear in the matter of Duggan v Parrett.
18 The final piece of evidence in the proceedings concerns a facsimile transmission and press release, which Natalie Jane Adams, a Solicitor employed in the office of I V Knight, Crown Solicitor, has said was received by her on 14 November 1997. This document purports to be under the hand of Mr Wilson and, so far as it constitutes a press release, contains a clear admission that he had thrown paint at Acting Justice Murray.
19 Relevantly, the document contains various complaints made by Mr Wilson concerning the judicial system and concludes with the following paragraph:
"Frustration at the total corruption of our system of law and justice meant that something had to be done to break out of the clutches or stranglehold maintained by the judges who were not only protecting fraud but each other. But this judge caused me to hold out a glimmer of hope because, at the first hearing when I presented my verbal argument, he did not immediately dismiss my claims but reserved his judgment to go away and consider the situation saying he would let me know when he had made up his mind. However, when I was called to return for his ruling eleven days later, no representative was there from the solicitors for the seven judges to hear the decision which indicated collusion (a secret understanding). When the judge smiled and dismissed the claim, I threw a plastic bag containing yellow paint which made a 7 mm stain on the judge's suit. If the judge was doing 'a lawful thing', causing an injury or detriment to him and an indictable offence and I am liable to a penalty of ten years' imprisonment and the destruction of my own life. But the banks have destroyed countless numbers of Australian lives by their fraudulent contracts and those crimes are being covered up by judges whom are supposed to be administering law and justice but who are, in fact, accomplices. The entire situation is gravely serious and the way of a jury trial is our last hope."