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Olivier's barista keeps changing answers in the trial
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A still from the CCTV recording of Olivier cafe in Central Jakarta on Jan. 6 showing Wayan Mirna Salihin's reaction to the poisoned coffee is played in the courtroom during Jessica Kumala Wongso's trial for the murder of Mirna. (The Jakarta Post/Callistasia Anggun Wijaya)
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n Olivier café barista, who testified at a Central Jakarta District Court hearing on Thursday in the trial of murder suspect Jessica Kumala Wongso, appeared inconsistent in his answers after taking the witness stand.
The barista, Rangga, kept changing his answers when asked by judges about the leftover water in the kettle which was used to make the Vietnamese coffee that allegedly caused the death of Wayan Mirna Salihin by cyanide poisoning on Jan. 6.
Rangga explained that after making Vietnamese coffee, according to the café’s standard of procedure, the leftover water had to be thrown out unless there were other Vietnamese coffees to be served at the same time.
Rangga then told the judges he had discarded the remaining water after Agus Triyono, a café runner, served the Vietnamese coffee to Jessica’s table. But when Jessica’s lawyer Otto Hasibuan asked prosecutors to present footage showing Rangga discarding the water, the prosecutors seemed to be unable to fulfill his request.
(Read also : Olivier's barista testifies in Mirna murder case)
When asked whether he had discarded the leftover water, Rangga answered that he was not sure, although previously he said that he had not thrown out the remaining water in the kettle.
“Rangga kept giving judges convoluted answers. In one he said he discarded the water, one he said that he didn’t,” Otto said.
Otto has previously claimed the leftover water was vital evidence, saying that it is possible the cyanide had come from inside the water used to make the Vietnamese coffee.
“It is nonsense to [say that we can] get to the material truth in this case if the prosecutor cannot present the water and used coffee grounds,” Otto said. (bbn)
