Gordon Wood was on his way to the dentist in 2013 when he inadvertently walked past a media pack outside the trial of balcony murderer Simon Gittany???.
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On Tuesday, Gittany's former girlfriend Rachelle Louise turned up to Wood's malicious prosecution case against NSW, and sat in the back row of the public gallery, among court watchers and students.
Ms Louise walked into the courtroom on the ninth floor of the NSW Supreme Court late in the afternoon, ahead of anticipated evidence from Senior Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi, QC, who prosecuted both men.
Mr Tedeschi prosecuted Mr Wood in 2008 for the murder of his girlfriend Caroline Byrne by throwing her off a cliff at The Gap in June 1995.
Mr Wood was originally found guilty, but was acquitted by the Court of Criminal Appeal in 2012.
He is now suing the state for millions of dollars, claiming there were serious errors in the police investigation and prosecution.
Mr Tedeschi was also the prosecutor at the murder trial of Gittany, found guilty of throwing his girlfriend Lisa Harnum?????? off the 15th storey balcony of an city apartment building during a jealous rage in July 2011.
Gittany lost his appeal against his conviction last year, and is serving a minimum sentence of 18 years.
Ms Louise was also spotted at the Lin family murder case. Mr Tedeschi was the prosecutor in the first three of Robert Xie's four trials.
About 45 minutes after court was adjourned in Mr Wood's case, Ms Louise left the law courts building and covered her face with a black umbrella.
During her defamation suit against Nationwide News in 2015, Ms Louise said she and Gittany remained close but were no longer romantically involved.
"I think it's very difficult to sustain a relationship with someone who is in jail," she said at the time.
Mr Tedeschi is due to begin his evidence in Mr Wood's case on Wednesday.
