Lloyd Rayney has been acquitted of murdering his wife and bugging her phone - and now his teenage daughter has pleaded for the accusations against the former Perth barrister to end.
Mr Rayney had been on trial in the West Australian District Court accused of enlisting surveillance expert Tim Pearson to illegally intercept his wife's phone calls in July and August 2007 shortly before her murder.
But on Thursday, Judge Andrew Stavrianou ruled that because of a lack of evidence, Mr Rayney had no case to answer and discharged the jury.
Sarah Rayney, who attended the trial every day, said the murder of her mother Corryn was more tragedy than any family should have to deal with.
"He has dealt with such accusations that nobody should have to deal with and it's time for that to end," she said after his second acquittal.
Mr Rayney said it had been repeatedly proven that he was innocent of all charges.
"All I want is for there to be a truly independent inquiry into everything surrounding Corryn's death so the killer or killers can be caught," he said.
Ms Rayney disappeared after a bootscooting class on August 7, 2007 and her body was found buried in Kings Park days later.
Mr Rayney was acquitted in 2012 of murdering the Supreme Court registrar and a subsequent appeal was dismissed.
In the latest trial, the court heard the couple had acrimoniously separated and exchanged uncivil emails, but still lived in the same house with their two daughters.
Lawyer Clare O'Brien testified that the couple's separation was a "battle of the Titans" as they were both smart with big egos.
Prosecutors had alleged Mr Rayney wanted to know what his wife was saying about him to other people, so he arranged to have the home phone bugged.
Mr Pearson testified that he used his own discretion to install a recording device in the house and the only instruction Mr Rayney gave was that it had to be done lawfully.
Judge Stavrianou said prosecutors conceded that based on the evidence, they could not establish guilt on one charge and he decided the same was true for the other charge.
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