PHOTO: Witnesses have attended the coronial inquiry to give evidence at the Bourke courthouse. (Supplied)
Three weeks since the coronial inquiry of the 1987 deaths of Jacinta Rose Smith and Mona Lisa Smith began, the court has heard that several aspects of the case were mishandled.
Cousins Jacinta Rose, 16, and Mona Lisa, 15, were found dead beside a car crash site on the Mitchell Highway 35 years ago.
The coronial inquiry is investigating the handling and result of the case, where the 40 year old driver Alexander Ian Grant – who was found alive inside the car – was acquitted, despite evidence suggesting he had been driving under the influence when the car crashed, and sexually interfered with Jacinta’s body…