The judge overseeing the trial of Chris Cairns has broken up bickering between the Crown Prosecutor and Cairns' co-accused Andrew Fitch-Holland, chastising them both in front of the jury.
Under cross-examination by Sasha Wass QC, Fitch-Holland, who is also a lawyer, often sought to clarify or object to her questions.
After a particularly heated exchange between the two lawyers the judge, Justice Nigel Sweeney, interjected saying, "There will be no more tendentious arguments."
"Each chose their words carefully and don't nit-pick, which means proper questions and proper answers," he went on to direct. "That is the end of such exchanges."
Ms Wass opened her cross-examination by asking Fitch-Holland if he would agree he has had a chequered career.
Fitch-Holland took exception to the question asking, "Is there some kind of implied moral criticism by the word chequered?"
Fitch-Holland and Cairns financial dealings were explored.
The jury was read an email Fitch-Holland sent to Cairns asking about money owed him for helping with the successful libel trial against Lalit Modi in 2012.
Fitch-Holland was "very pissed off at the time" and "under a great deal of pressure".
Cairns had received damages from the trial and Fitch-Holland "felt since he had that chunk of money he'd honour the commitment to settle up my expenses".
Fitch-Holland said he had to borrow money from his girlfriend at the time for travel and other expenses to support Cairns and expected the first thing he would do would be to honour that support.
"I've received exactly nothing, not even the cost of a train fare."
He said from his perspective, it felt that he no longer mattered.
"My usefulness to you was at an end."
He ended the email saying how "very sad" it was to be writing to Cairns like this and that he hopes "you actually are the man I thought you were".
Fitch-Holland also told the jury about an incident in 2009 in which former Australian cricketer Rod Marsh refused to sign a cricket bat which had been signed by Cairns.
Ms Wass used it as another example of Cairns' name being caught up with talk of match fixing. The others were rumours when he left the Indian Cricket League in 2008 and the Modi tweet in 2010.
Fitch-Holland's relationship with Cairns' current wife Mel Cairns has come up several times during the trial, and he reiterated that he was not very fond of Mel at the time her and Cairns started seeing one another.
He was asked what he meant when he previously said that Mel is the kind of girl who likes bright, shiny things.
"That she liked nice shoes and clothes, that sort of thing," he explained.
"Bright, shiny things like diamonds?" asked Ms Wass.
Fitch-Holland said he "wasn't referring to diamonds", but agreed it was a fair to say that he was suggesting she was some sort of gold digger.
When asked about his dreams of working in the cricketing industry Fitch-Holland said he "enjoyed the game immensely" in the past, but now he is now over cricket.
"Believe me, after this experience, if I never go near a cricket ground again," he said.
During evidence led by his own lawyer and before cross-examination Fitch-Holland made the point that even the "most skilful of barristers can make the most honest of witnesses look like a lying fool".
Fitch-Holland is the last witness in the trial, each side's barrister will then make their final speeches before the judge sums up the case and the jury retires to determine their verdicts.
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