Crooks have been tuning into video hearings since Covid broke out last year
Video links had been used only as a last resort in Victorian courts before now
While the links allow rapid turnover of cases, they are often reduced to a farce
The links have been used by villains to threaten and intimidate witnesses
Many crooks stream in without actually identifying themselves to the court
Legal insiders believe the links have dangerously denigrated the court system
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Shock jock Kyle Sandilands has this dynamic with his co-host Jackie O. Kyle is allowed (and expected) to push the boundaries of acceptable behaviour because Jackie is there to say, Oh, I think you ve gone too far, Kyle. Kyle basically poos his pants every shift and it s Jackie s job to clean up the mess. It s also common for men who were wild in their younger days, to claim that their wife now keeps them in check . Implying that it is only the love of a good woman that can keep a man from becoming a marauding arsehole. This is not so much a compliment, as an added responsibility for the woman.