Man wore smart glasses for High Court 'coaching'

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Once the glasses were taken off, an interpreter was still translating a question when Jakstys' mobile phone began broadcasting a voice - which he later blamed on Chat GPT.

Agnello said: "There was clearly someone on the mobile phone talking to Jakstys. He then removed his mobile phone from his inner jacket pocket."

He denied using the smart glasses to receive answers, and denied they were connected to his phone.

But the judge said multiple calls had been made from his phone to a contact named "abra kadabra", whom he claimed was a taxi driver.

She said she did not need to determine who was coaching Jakstys, but accepted that he was "being assisted or coached" in his replies during cross‑examination.

She ruled: "In my judgement, from what occurred in court, it is clear that call was made, connected to his smart glasses, and continued during his evidence until his mobile phone was removed from him."

Agnello concluded: "Not only have I held that Jakstys was untruthful in denying his use of the smart glasses and his calls to abra kadabra, but the effect of this is that his evidence is unreliable and untruthful."