cases relating to the white island irruption in 2019 have already been settled. last week, three helicopter tour operators pled guilty to some offences. they have yet to be sentenced. a5 offences. they have yet to be sentenced. as he say, this trial could last up to four months. we have been hearing this week from the first of the australian witnesses, a woman called annie luo. she was on the island at the time and has described how her skin bubbled as the result of this superheated steam being blasted adept of this undersea volcano in the bay of plenty off new zealand s north island. she went on to say that she and her mother were covered in ash. so some very graphic evidence that the court is told. these defendants pleading not guilty, this is a court case that could last very many weeks as these
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