In 1999, Irma Palasics died during a violent home invasion in Canberra. She and her husband were tied up, beaten and gagged while two masked intruders stole cash and jewellery.

Twenty-six years later, Joseph Vekony and Steve Fabriczy are on trial for Irma's murder, as well as charges of assault, forcible confinement and burglary.

Veteran court reporter Elizabeth Byrne joins Stocky to lay out the openings in the trial, including allegations of a covert police operation, DNA evidence and previous burglaries on the Palasics.

If you have any questions you'd like Liz and Stocky to answer in future episodes, please email thecaseof@abc.net.au.

The Case Of is the follow-up to the hit podcast Mushroom Case Daily, and all episodes of that show will remain available in the back catalogue of The Case Of.