by Cannydc » Tue Aug 14, 2018 6:02 pm
And I was wondering why we hadn't heard evidence from 2 key witnesses...
"Kai Barry and William O’Connor, the couple Ben Stokes said he had been defending in a fight outside a Bristol nightclub, may have been at the heart of the trial , but they were visibly absent from the witness box and no statements were read from them.
Jurors were not told why the men were not called, with the judge, Peter Blair QC, saying only that it would be wrong for them to speculate about any witnesses the prosecution or defence did not call.
A spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service said: “The evidence of Mr O’Connor and Mr Barry was disclosed to the defence but it was not deemed necessary to call them as witnesses in the case.
The main thrust of Stokes’ defence was that he was protecting the couple from homophobic abuse."
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/ ... face-trial
And I was wondering why we hadn't heard evidence from 2 key witnesses...
"Kai Barry and William O’Connor, the couple Ben Stokes said he had been defending in a fight outside a Bristol nightclub, may have been at the heart of the trial , but they were visibly absent from the witness box and no statements were read from them.
Jurors were not told why the men were not called, with the judge, Peter Blair QC, saying only that it would be wrong for them to speculate about any witnesses the prosecution or defence did not call.
A spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service said: “The evidence of Mr O’Connor and Mr Barry was disclosed to the defence but it was not deemed necessary to call them as witnesses in the case.
The main thrust of Stokes’ defence was that he was protecting the couple from homophobic abuse."
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/14/gay-couple-say-ben-stokes-did-not-deserve-to-face-trial