She has agreed sometimes it was filled out right away, and sometimes at a later stage soon after if they were "on the road".

"Where there are approximate times, it would have been filled out back at the office," she said.

Mr Yovich is now referring to Ms Francis' request for photographs forensic police took of the rape exhibits at the scene to be developed - which is referenced on the running sheet.

"I can remember photographs of a sandy area and some bushes, I don't recall any other photographs. I don't recall seeing [any photographs of the exhibits]," she said.

Mr Yovich is now asking if when she collected the exhibits, if she would have asked for all of the exhibits.

She has agreed.

Mr Yovich: Did you check the exhibit register to ensure you were getting all the items?

Ms Francis: I recall there were a number of items and a number of bags that matched. I didn't initial each item, nor did I look into the bags and tick off each item.

Originally the victim's underwear and shorts were listed as one exhibit in one bag and called 'skirt and panties'.

Mr Yovich: When you saw that two items were listed together, did you check to see that they were separately bagged?

Ms Francis: I don't recall looking into any of the bags.

Mr Yovich has now asked if the bags were sealed, and Ms Francis has replied she "can't imagine them being unsealed".

Mr Yovich is now reminding Ms Francis that during her 2014 police statement she was asked why there was no record of the cord being recorded in the property tracing receipt.

"I went on to explain it wasn't analysed because we took the cord to other places to determine the manufacturer," she said.

"That was the only item that was opened up that we took with us."

Mr Yovich has also pointed out the soil sample taken from the rape scene was also not entered by Ms Francis on the property tracing receipt.

"I don't believe it was provided to me," she said.

She has reiterated she never opened any of the exhibit bags, except the cord bag.

Mr Yovich has read aloud from her 2014 statement from relation to changing the exhibit name from 'skirt' to 'shorts' which said: "At some point, I must have removed the item from its packaging and noticed it was shorts".

"In all of the investigations I've done I don't recall ever opening an exhbit bag that's been sealed," she has replied.

She said in the statement, it was a suggestion by the detective interviewing her that she must have opened the bag, but having had more time to consider it and review her documents, she believes she got that information through interviewing the victim.

Mr Yovich is now showing Ms Francis a document that shows she requested the ChemCentre to "package, label and sign for items individually" when she handed over the exhibits.

He has suggested she must have opened one of the exhibit bags to see the items originally listed 'skirt and panties' were in one bag.

She has reiterated again, she did not open any of the sealed bags.