“It’s only me and my wife, your honour, that have been in 16 [months], and the rest are 10 months.”
Justice Martin Burns told Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Todd Fuller KC the case had to move as quickly as possible.
“We have to move as quickly as we can Mr Fuller … to minimise as much as possible any further passage of time,” he said.
Fuller explained there was more than 100 hours of recorded interviews to be transcribed.
“These aren’t covert recordings?” Burns asked.
“No, they’re not covert recordings, they’re actually recorded interviews that have been conducted by police,” Fuller explained.
Fuller said the prosecution case relied on parts of the interviews, but that would be subject to admissibility by the group, who were self-representing.
Burns adjourned the matter to next month for further review, asking for a legal aid contact list be provided to each of the accused.
The court heard there were also arrangements being made to allow the group to confer during a trial.
The others charged in relation to Elizabeth’s death are Brendan Luke Stevens, Zachary Alan Struhs, Loretta Mary Stevens, Therese Maria Stevens, Andrea Louise Stevens, Acacia Naree Stevens, Camellia Claire Stevens, Alexander Francis Stevens, Sebastian James Stevens, Keita Courtney Martin, Lachlan Stuart Schoenfisch, and Samantha Emily Schoenfisch.