Justice Stephen Hall has temporarily adjourned the court until more information about Mr Edwards' condition can be ascertained.

The public gallery was at capacity with onlookers, including Ciara Glennon's parents, Denis and Una Glennon.

The Glennon's left the courthouse in an unmarked police car at around 10.30am.

Our live blog will be put on hold until court reconvenes.

The court has been told Mr Edwards is not in attendance this morning.

He has been taken to hospital with an ear injury. 

St John Ambulance confirmed the 50-year-old was taken by ambulance from Hakea Prison to hospital at normal road speed with non-life threatening injuries. 

It is not clear whether he will be fit enough to attend today's hearing. 

His lawyer, Paul Yovich SC, would not comment to media on what led to his client's injury. 

Bradley Robert Edwards has previously pleaded not guilty to the murders of Sarah Spiers, 18, Jane Rimmer, 23, and Ciara Glennon, 27, in 1996 and 1997.

The 50-year-old has also denied raping a 17-year-old girl in Karrakatta Cemetery in 1995 and breaking into an 18-year-old woman's bedroom in her Huntingdale home in 1988.

Good morning readers,

This is Heather McNeill and Phil Hickey reporting from the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

Accused man, Bradley Robert Edwards, is due to be called up from custody into the dock shortly.

Over the next three days we will bring you all the details from inside the court room as the defence and prosecution argue the admissibility of some of the proposed evidence which may form part of the biggest murder trial in West Australian history. 

To get you started, the related article in this post provides a break-down of the key people involved in this mammoth trial.