An ocean knowledgeable says the severed foot of lacking fraudster Melissa Caddick may have travelled from Sydney cliffs earlier than washing up on the NSW south coast months later.
An examination of goose barnacles discovered on the foot present it was doubtless floating off the NSW shoreline for 3 to seven days earlier than showing on Bournda seashore - some 400km from Caddick's Dover Heights mansion.
Oceanographer Dr David Griffin instructed the inquest into the fraudster's dying it was totally attainable her physique entered the water when she was final seen in November 2020, then floating near the ocean flooring in sturdy currents for about 93 days earlier than resurfacing in February 2021.
"The NSW coast is essentially the most energetic oceanographic a part of Australia," he instructed the inquest.
"It's extremely unlikely something can simply drift alongside the continental shelf with out getting caught or snagged."
Griffin offered his proof sooner than anticipated on Wednesday when Caddick's husband was stood down from his second day within the witness field after saying he could not perceive the "complicated" questions.
"Your questions are complicated, the best way you speak just isn't the best way my thoughts works," Anthony Koletti stated.
He spent the afternoon resting out of sight within the NSW Coroners Court docket constructing, earlier than his lawyer instructed the Justice of the Peace he wanted to be assessed earlier than returning to offer proof.
"We might be taking him to see somebody, he could also be nice, however we aren't docs," his lawyer Judy Swan stated.
If Koletti is unfit to offer proof on Thursday, the inquest will bear from forensic psychiatrist Kerri Eagle.
Inside fraudster Melissa Caddick's luxurious dwelling