An "unfortunate" coincidence
There was also a surprise passer-by outside the Darlinghurst Court Complex this morning.
7News reporter Jodie Speers is covering the story, and earlier tweeted that it was 'very strange to see Gordon Wood walk past.'
'It was in this same courtroom years ago when Wood was convicted of throwing his girlfriend off The Gap - he was later cleared on appeal.'
Wood's trial was led by Mark Tedeschi QC, the same prosecutor as Simon Gittany.
Last year Mr Wood was acquitted of murdering Caroline Byrne, whose body was discovered at the bottom of Sydney's infamous Gap in 1995.
The former chauffeur to stockbroker Rene Rivkin was jailed for at least 13 years after he was found guilty in 2008 of killing the model by "spear throwing" her off the cliff.
But the Court of Criminal Appeal found the guilty verdict was not supported by the evidence, with the judges saying they were not satisfied that suicide could be excluded as Ms Byrne's cause of death.
Mr Wood was released from jail in February last year after spending three years behind bars.
Today Wood told Fairfax's Lisa Davies he was on his way to the dentist, and said it was an "unfortunate" coincidence.
