Today Tonight agrees not to show ambush footage of Simon Gittany Today Tonight Gittany promo This is the promo that Today Tonight has been running about their Simon Gittany segment which led to the trial being temporarily suspended on Friday morning. PT0M20S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2x5nt 620 349 November 8, 2013 - 12:47PM Channel Seven has agreed not to air footage of Simon Gittany taken on his approach to court by a Today Tonight crew who ambushed him on Friday. Mr Gittany is on trial in the NSW Supreme Court, accused of throwing his Canadian-born fiancee Lisa Harnum off the balcony of a Sydney high rise after she tried to leave him in July two years ago. The accused says he tried to save the former ballerina when she fell from the 15th floor of the unit they shared opposite Hyde Park. Simon Gittany and his girlfriend, Rachelle Louise, arrive at Darlinghust Supreme Court being approached by journalists from Today Tonight. The television crew allegedly approached Mr Gittany and his girlfriend with a microphone and asked him a series of questions on Friday. Not long afterwards, a trailer went to air, promoted on the Today Tonight website as: "Explosive new evidence revealed in the Simon Gittany case, who is accused of throwing his fiancee off their 15th floor balcony." Mr Gittany's trial was stopped for what has been described as an alleged "interference with the administration of justice." Channel Seven promised explosive new evidence in a trailer for Today Tonight. Justice Lucy McCallum ordered the producer of the show, Vanda Carson, to appear in court with legal representation. "I am extremely concerned about these matters," Justice McCallum said. Reporting of anything other than evidence given in the trial could may well be in contempt of court. Lisa Harnum. It is simply appalling if the person was a journalist. She looked to the media gallery and asked if anyone present was from Channel Seven. By this stage the producer had left the court. "Are you from Channel Seven?" she asked a reporter who walked into the courtroom. The journalist shook her head. "If you were, would you admit it?" asked Justice McCallum. This comment prompted laughter from the gallery. The trial resumed about 10.30am but the court was waiting for those involved with the program to return. Legal representation for Channel Seven appeared before the court just before midday. Justice McCallum explained what she had understood happened outside court. "I seek an undertaking from Channel Seven that any footage taken of the accused ... on his approach to court this morning will not be used in any broadcast tonight," she said. The barrister representing Today Tonight agreed the program would not air any such footage.