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| Warriena Wright’s mother has criticised the media and the judge in Gable Tostee’s trial for releasing the audio of her daughter’s death to the public. | Warriena Wright’s mother has criticised the media and the judge in Gable Tostee’s trial for releasing the audio of her daughter’s death to the public. |
| Merzabeth Tagpuno Wright was livid that Warriena’s final moments, captured and played in a harrowing audio recording, were released to the media during the trial. | Merzabeth Tagpuno Wright was livid that Warriena’s final moments, captured and played in a harrowing audio recording, were released to the media during the trial. |
| “I did not want to hear my daughter screaming, ‘No, no, no, no, no,’” Tagpuno said in a statement midway through the high-profile trial. | “I did not want to hear my daughter screaming, ‘No, no, no, no, no,’” Tagpuno said in a statement midway through the high-profile trial. |
| Her comments could not be published in Queensland until after the jury reached a verdict because they could have influenced the trial’s outcome. | Her comments could not be published in Queensland until after the jury reached a verdict because they could have influenced the trial’s outcome. |
| On Thursday Tostee was found not guilty of the murder or manslaughter of the 26-year-old in August 2014. She fell to her death from Tostee’s 14th-floor apartment after trying to climb from the balcony following a night of drinking and sex. | On Thursday Tostee was found not guilty of the murder or manslaughter of the 26-year-old in August 2014. She fell to her death from Tostee’s 14th-floor apartment after trying to climb from the balcony following a night of drinking and sex. |
| The 199 minute-long audio recording made by Tostee, 30, on his mobile phone was the key piece of evidence in the trial and captured a struggle between the pair as well as Wright’s eventual death. | The 199 minute-long audio recording made by Tostee, 30, on his mobile phone was the key piece of evidence in the trial and captured a struggle between the pair as well as Wright’s eventual death. |
| The mother, who travelled from New Zealand to attend the trial, said the media had made the trip the “most saddest, hardest” she had ever had to endure. | The mother, who travelled from New Zealand to attend the trial, said the media had made the trip the “most saddest, hardest” she had ever had to endure. |
| “I asked not to release the audio tape yet I was overruled by the judge,” she said. “I did not want to remember her like that. I feel my family has been disrespected by the judge’s ruling to release the audio tape to the media.” | “I asked not to release the audio tape yet I was overruled by the judge,” she said. “I did not want to remember her like that. I feel my family has been disrespected by the judge’s ruling to release the audio tape to the media.” |
| Tagpuno said she would not speak to media after the trial and asked for her privacy to be respected once she returned to New Zealand. | Tagpuno said she would not speak to media after the trial and asked for her privacy to be respected once she returned to New Zealand. |
| “To those who want an exclusive from my family we say no,” she said. “The judge gave you everything, that is enough. The media has hurt me so bad. I will not speak to anybody, just leave our family in peace.” | “To those who want an exclusive from my family we say no,” she said. “The judge gave you everything, that is enough. The media has hurt me so bad. I will not speak to anybody, just leave our family in peace.” |