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Drogheda Life journalist Andrew Spearman said he had a "nodding acquaintanceship" with Ms Tyson prior to their interview.

When Gardaí launched a murder investigation weeks after the recording was made, Mr Spearman said he was "gobsmacked".

The renewed jury selection process never began, however, because the trial ended abruptly with defendant William Spearman pleading guilty as part of a "conditional" deal with prosecutors that retains the defendant's right to appeal certain rulings by the trial judge.

A federal prosecutor in the case, Greg Schiller, also later urged Cannon to allow Spearman's mother into the courtroom, referencing a 2010 U.S.

That day, Scott Berry, the federal public defender representing Spearman, had even argued in the courtroom that Cannon's refusal to allow his client's family to be present violated his Sixth Amendment right, the transcript showed.