Author's murder trial to be held in secret
"A judge has ruled that parts of a murder trial must take place in secret next week in order to protect national security".
WTF?
Why does the Crown using the Crown Prosecution Service wish to prevent the public from hearing the defendant's defence to the charge? It would appear that there is something not straightforward about this case. As I understand it, the defendant is seeking to argue that British Intelligence is somehow implicated in the murder and that he is being fitted up for the crime. In my view, if there was no smoke without fire why would the CPS bother even to seek the gagging order in the first place? And, secondly, threaten the judge that if he did not grant the secret trial then they would be forced to drop the prosecution. What does Wang Yam know that the State does not wish the public to discover?
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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You mean Mr. Wang Yam, 45, of Hampstead, north London whose identity should be protected at all costs????
Well saying that I won't tell you his name then.
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