Murder by Kate Morgan

Author:Kate Morgan [Morgan, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-10T12:29:24+00:00

In our judgment, far from encouraging the jury to approach the case in a calm frame of mind, the trial judge’s summing up … had exactly the opposite effect. We cannot read these passages [of the trial transcript] as other than a highly rhetorical and strongly worded denunciation of both defendants and of their defences. The language used was not that of a judge but of an advocate … Such a direction by such a judge must have in our view have driven the jury to conclude that they had little choice but to convict … In our judgment the summing up in this case was such as to deny [Bentley] that fair trial which is the birthright of every British citizen.

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