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The Philip Polkinghorne murder trial resumes this morning, marking the start of the sixth week of the case.

The defence opened their account on Friday and will continue calling witnesses today.

The list of defence witnesses, jurors learned, will be long – likely stretching the trial past the six weeks that had initially been allotted.

One person the defence will not call is Polkinghorne himself, his lawyer said on Friday, suggesting that allowing him to do so would have resulted in more distractions about his sex life and drug use.

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