That pleasure became more difficult to keep hold of this year, as anyone who was paying attention to movie theater etiquette watched it free fall as 2024 dragged on.

He said one reason it dragged on is that "critical evidence for the defence was not disclosed to them until around 2010".

The case has dragged on for well over a year with no trial date in sight.

While the deadly attack by Hamas on 7 October 2023 brought public unity, that has largely fallen apart as the war that it triggered has dragged on.

“Apologies it’s dragged on, but we got there in the end,” he said.