Thursday 23 January 2014
Summary | ||
The Prosecution Case Continues | ||
The Prosecution Case is Drawing to a Close | ||
The Judge, Mr Justice Saunders, instructs the Jury | ||
Witness – Superintendent Mark Mitchell (Senior Investigating Officer Operation Kilo) | ||
Prosecution Counsel questions Superintendent Mitchell | ||
Counsel for Charlie Brooks cross examines Superintendent Mitchell | ||
Further Prosecution questions to Superintendent Mitchell | ||
Witness – DC Nunn (Operation Kilo detective) | ||
Prosecution Counsel questions DC Nunn | ||
Counsel for Charlie Brooks cross examines DC Nunn | ||
The Judge Mr Justice Saunders directs the Jury | ||
Witness – Tajvinder Singh Atwal (Forensic Computer Analyst Metropolitan Police Laboratory) | ||
Prosecution Counsel questions Tajvinder Singh Atwal | ||
Counsel for Charlie Brooks cross examines Tajvinder Singh Atwal | ||
Counsel for Rebekah Brooks cross examines Tajvinder Singh Atwal | ||
Witness – DS Hayley Broom (Operation Sasha Detective) | ||
Prosecution Counsel questions DS Hayley Broom | ||
Counsel for Rebekah Brooks cross examines DS Hayley Broom | ||
Counsel for Charlie Brooks cross examines DS Hayley Broom | ||
Counsel for Rebekah Brooks cross examines DS Broom | ||
Further Prosecution questions to DS Broom |
The Prosecution Case Continues | ||
The Prosecution Case is Drawing to a Close | ||
Heading back to the #hackingtrial on a week dominated by detail on file lists, cell sites and electronic devices | ||
As the prosecution case comes to a close, the #hackingtrial has been interrupted by lots of legal argument – only reportable after the trial | ||
Next week, however, the prosecution return to count one – conspiracy to phone hack – and it looks like a gripping week. | ||
Then the defence cases begin, with defendants who testify open to cross examination: often the most dramatic phase of any trial | ||
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The Judge, Mr Justice Saunders, instructs the Jury | ||
Saunders explains to the jury about “the evidence they are about to hear” – leaks to the Press from Operation Weeting | ||
This, Saunders explains, is only relevant to “what Charlie Brooks knew on July 17th 2011″ and has been requested by Saunders QC for Brooks | ||
Witness – Superintendent Mark Mitchell (Senior Investigating Officer Operation Kilo) | ||
Prosecution Counsel questions Superintendent Mitchell | ||
So prosecution call Superintendent Mark Mitchell from MPS anti corruption department. Edis for the crown explains about court acoustics. | ||
Mitchell was in charge of Operation Kilo into leaks from Operation Weeting to the press: op started with a letter from Coulson’s solicitors | ||
BREAKING: complaint by Coulson’s solicitors about leak of his arrest to the Guardian led to police anti corruption operation Kilo | ||
The letter from Coulson’s solicitor’s to Supt Ponting at Op Weeting named Guardian journalist Amelia Hill as recipient of leaks | ||
The letter was handed to anti corruption in August 2011: 2nd August Operation Kilo began, says | ||
Mitchell the SIO | ||
Mitchell discovered the source of the leaks, arrested DC Peter Cripps | ||
A charging file for Amelia Hill and DC Cripps was sent to the CPS who decided it wasn’t in the public interest to prosecute | ||
“There was no evidence of financial inducement,” says Supt Mitchell: “and that was why the CPS decided not to prosecute” | ||
Mitchell discovered telephone evidence around key moments in the Weeting investigation of contact between Hill and DC Cripps. | ||
DC Cripps was the interview strategy advisor for Operation Weeting, so he was well placed to know the schedule of arrests. | ||
Supt Mitchell from anti corruption says “DC Cripps was informing Amelia Hill about when arrests would take place.. and things like bail” | ||
Supt Mitchell says the information passed to Guardian was essentially about arrests and bail conditions – nothing else. | ||
Supt Mitchell explains his operation was covert in August, and to the best of his knowledge there had been no other leaks to public domain | ||
Other than the stories the Guardian were carrying, there was nothing else in the public domain, says Supt Mitchell | ||
Counsel for Charlie Brooks cross examines Superintendent Mitchell | ||
Neil Saunders QC for Charlie Brooks has drawn up a schedule of the leaks with the police. But another officer drew that up. | ||
“There was more than just names being mentioned in the Guardian,” says Saunders QC. Mitchell says he’s discussed what was revealed. | ||
Saunders QC goes through the role of anti-corruption, and suggests that Supt Ponting had decided it was already a policeman. | ||
Mitchell disagrees with Saunders QC: our job is to prove or disprove. | ||
Saunders QC reads out a Weeting statement about the leaks in 2011, which claimed they attempted to undermine the inquiry. | ||
Statement concerned with “significant leaks of selective information”: Mitchell says he became of statement around beginning Operation Kilo | ||
Further Prosecution questions to Superintendent Mitchell | ||
Edis re-examination: Supt Mitchell says he had nothing to do with that statement. | ||
Witness – DC Nunn (Operation Kilo detective) | ||
Prosecution Counsel questions DC Nunn | ||
DC Nunn was the case officer for Operation Kilo: he’s been asked to consider a schedule prepared by Charles Brooks’ counsel | ||
Counsel for Charlie Brooks cross examines DC Nunn | ||
Saunders QC for Brooks hands over a schedule of the leaks from DC Cripps to Amelia Hill for the jury. | ||
Dates on Operation Kilo: Coulson arrested on the 08/07/11. Letter from his solicitors to police 11/07/11. Operation Kilo starts 01/08/11 | ||
Neil Saunders is counsel for Charlie Brooks (not the judge): he goes through a timeline of texts, calls and relevant tweets on Kilo evidence | ||
On N Saunders schedule: Thurlbeck arrested on 5th April: DC Cripps (since retired) sends text to Hill. She replies. Another NOTW arrest. | ||
The second NOTW arrest is followed by a series of texts and two phone calls: an article in Guaridan April names Thurlbeck and second journo | ||
DC Nunn says the police never give names of people going to be arrested: there was additional info on police station and searches in leaks | ||
More text messages from former DC Cripps show Amelia Hill tweeting confirmation by Scotland Yard of her Guardian article. | ||
Amelia Hill tweets the following day in April 2011 that the desks of two NOTW journalists were being searched. | ||
There are texts between Cripps and Hill on the arrest of James Weatherup. A phone call. Amelia Hill tweets about arrest. | ||
Neil Saunders goes through the usual police press release protocol: they only give age – not name or if there are searches. | ||
More texts and phone calls between Hill and Cripps when Weatherup bailed, and a tweet from Hill “Stick with me: more arrests to come” | ||
Hill then reports how NOTW had removed all the evidence of Weatherup’s desk beforehand. | ||
Amelia Hill and Dan Sabbagh article about how NOTW clear Weatherup cleared his desk before police arrived. Bagged up everything. | ||
DC Nunn cannot say whether the bagging up of Weatherup’s desk came from Cripps. | ||
Justice Saunders intervenes to tell Neil Saunders, for Brooks, that the DC can’t say the desk bagging came only from Cripps. | ||
After a series of texts, the arrest of another NOTW female reporter written by Guardian. | ||
26/06/11 unnamed woman arrested cited in Guardian. James Robinson writes about release of Laura Elstone in Guardian. | ||
DC Nunn explains Laura Elstone’s name could have easily been worked out by her age and gender. | ||
“Within field of media and journalism… it wouldn’t be hard to anyone to work this out,” says DC Nunn of naming of arrested journalists. | ||
DC Nunn agrees with Justice Saunders that not all of this would have come from MPS leaks. | ||
Neil Saunders goes onto the Milly Dowler story: 3rd July texts between DC Cripps and Amelia Hill. DC Swift statement over Dowler | ||
DC Swift statement on 20/09/11 says he remembers speaking to DC Cripps about the discovery of Milly Dowler hacking | ||
04/07/11 Nick Davie and Amelia Hill article breaks Milly Dowler story: DC Nunn says no official press release. | ||
BREAKING: Rebekah Brooks asked Times Editor James Harding to ask Crime Correspondent Sean O’Neil source for Milly Dowler story 05/07/11 | ||
7th July – 17 text messages from Amelia Hill to DC Cripps. Two phone calls. 19.42 Guardian breaks “Andy Coulson to be arrested” | ||
Amelia Hill article says the Coulson was asked to attend the police station: dates shifted from 7th to 8th July | ||
Neil Saunders reads Hill article saying the Weeting arrests are being brought forward because of leaks. Clive Goodman then arrested | ||
Neil Saunders, for Charlie Brooks, has entries for Amelia Hill’s contact with other Guardian journalists. | ||
Phone calls between Hill and anonymised phone and another Guardian article by another journalist names Clive Goodman. | ||
11/07/11 Police statement about disruptive leaks from Weeting. Coulson’s solicitor writes to police complaining about details leaked. | ||
14/07/11 and the arrest of Neil Wallis shows similar traffic between Cripps and Hill and then from Hill to anonymised phone. | ||
The Judge Mr Justice Saunders directs the Jury | ||
Jury asked to leave for a moment by Justice Saunders. | ||
Back at #hackingtrial after a break: brief non reportable legal argument | ||
Justice Saunders gives the jury some legal direction; “the facts of a newspaper articles… do not go to the truth. Rely on other evidence” | ||
18/07/11 “Two amazing phone hacking exclusives” tweets Hill: lots of contact with DC Cripps and then Charlie Brooks Bag story appears. | ||
The Amelia Hill article from 18/07/11 sets out the details of the car park bags before any other paper. Police confirms details correct. | ||
More texts on 21/07/11 dozens of texts between Hill and Cripps: Guardian article talks about iPad and asking C Brooks’ for his passwords | ||
Final page of Neil Saunders, counsel for Charlie Brooks, schedule details arrests and interviews of Amelia Hill and DC Cripps. | ||
CPS statement says insufficient evidence for charging Hill and Cripps, partly because no evidence of payment. | ||
Witness – Tajvinder Singh Atwal (Forensic Computer Analyst Metropolitan Police Laboratory) | ||
Prosecution Counsel questions Tajvinder Singh Atwal | ||
Edis for the Crown now explains how we’re now going to examine the computer evidence. Bryant Heron calls Singh Atwal. | ||
Atwal is a forensic computer analyst at the Metropolitan police lab. A schedule is handed over to jury. Neil Saunders for Brooks requested. | ||
This schedule explains where computers have been recovered from. | ||
26/11/12 Statement by Atwal, computer forensic expert. He started as a DNA analyst, then data capture, last 3 years with Met. | ||
Atwal was initially asked to look at (exhibit labels given): a sony laptop, apple laptop, and ipad found in Thames Quay in July 2011 | ||
Atwal also asked to look at articles recovered from Jubilee Barn: an iPad, MacBook Air found in master bedroom, ipad from gym office | ||
Bryant Heron for the crown goes slowly through the computer forensic discoveries. Atwal explains the ‘device name’ | ||
Atwal explains that users enter a computer ‘device name’ – anything they like. | ||
The MacBook Air was called “Rebakah’s (sic) MacBook” the iPad “Rebekah’s Ipad” the gym iPad called “Charlie’s iPad” | ||
Met computer expert Atwal now explains different “user accounts” on computer devices. | ||
On the computers seized from Thames Quay – the user account on Sony was ‘Charlie’ – no other standard user accounts | ||
On the Apple Laptop seized was “localad”(local admin) account and a “Rebekah” account. | ||
On the MacBook Air seized on 13/03/12 from Jubilee Barn; it had three user accounts ‘Pcadmin’ ‘Rebekah’ and “TMadmin’ | ||
Atwal explains that the Apple mobile devices only allow one individual user: the iPad in Thames Quay had a history of two apple ids | ||
There was no Apple ID recorded on ipad recovered from Jubilee Barn bedroom says Atwal, Met computer forensic expert. | ||
Atwal explains why the same device has two exhibit numbers: Met capture all the accessible data which is verified. Freezing it in time | ||
So the Met have two different images for the iPad for both times it was seized in 2011 and 2012 | ||
Atwal has accessed how often different user accounts used: the Apple laptop from Thames Quay | ||
“Computers love to record information about their usage,” explains Atwal: account of Apple Laptop created July 2009, last used one day later | ||
That was the admin account for Apple Macbook: Brooks account first created July 2009 last used 10/07/11 | ||
MacBook Air from Jubilee Barn: Rebekah Brooks account created in 11th November 2011: files processed until the date it was seized 13/03/12 | ||
Further examination of Sony Vaio showed it had an aol account in the name of Charlie Brooks | ||
Apple Laptop from Thames Quay had an email account for Charlie Brooks. | ||
Charlie Brooks also had a news international account as well as his aol account, it seems from computer forensic evidence at #hackingtrial | ||
The re-imagined iPad had the two original Charlie Brooks accounts, and a new one at themorigan dot com | ||
Atwal has produced a timeline of the use of the devices referred to around the time Brooks’ arrest in July 2011. | ||
Jury shown a graph of computer usage starting 15/07/11 shows MAC addresses, Wifi connections, ip connections, email and file creation | ||
Three devices tracked from the day of Brooks’ resignation: the ipad from carpark shows an 8:48 network connection, 2 hrs file connection | ||
Atwal says “this is solely computers doing what they love doing, talking to each other” of the router connection the morning of resignation | ||
Atwal created a schedule of any files accessed, created or modified: 37 emails were downloaded to the iPad that morning. | ||
Atwal explains that some iPad data suggests a screen shot was taken of the device that morning | ||
Around 11.28 on the 15/07/11 the apple iPad in Jubilee Barn shows router connection and then wifi internet connection. | ||
Edis explains we’ll be looking at the location of the Brooks’s electronic devices at a later stage. | ||
No recorded activity for Sunday 17th July 2011: but a computer start up on the Monday shortly after it was found on the Monday by cleaner | ||
A number of files show the MacBook had been switched on around 11 am the morning it was found by bins in Thames Quay | ||
Atwal goes through the computers start up regime: two incorrect passwords entered. The computer put into sleep | ||
Bryant Heron puts computer evidence in the context of Mr Nascimento’s recovery of the computers at Thames Quay on 18/07/11 | ||
Bryant Heron for the crown goes to a second Singh Atwal statement from 12/06/13: content of computers | ||
Atwal has analysed the contents of two laptops and iPad discovered in Thames Quay, and replicated contents on a CD. | ||
The CD’s contained “all the files I relied upon,” says Atwal, computer forensics officer. The actual contents inspected by Weeting officers | ||
Counsel for Charlie Brooks cross examines Tajvinder Singh Atwal | ||
Neil Saunders, counsel for Brooks, cross examines Atwal on three computers recovered from Thames Quay. | ||
N Saunders asks Atwal if the Sony Vaio looked ‘broken’: he says he never saw the physical computer, only the data. | ||
The Sony Vaio had an operating system from 2004, says Neil Saunders. Atwal cannot confirm the battery didn’t work. | ||
Met Computer expert explains two batteries: a mini battery for the clock. The date on the Vaio had reset to manufacture, so had run out | ||
The last activity for the Vaio, Neil Saunders for Charlie Brooks asserts, is 12/10/10: Atwal explains a shortcut suggest 08/10/10 | ||
But going to the index, the last time the Vaio was turned on was 12/10/10 confirms computer expert. In 2009 only used 10 times. | ||
Main browser use for the Sony Vaio is 2004-5. Outlook email use 2007. | ||
Atwal confirms that “Miriam’ seemed to have an email address on this computer around 2007: there are 1,900 document files on Vaio | ||
Most files are wps files from 2005; Microsoft Office Works. Apparently chapters from a book on Sony Vaio | ||
‘Citizen Two’ was apparently the book being composed on this Sony Vaio around 07/04/08 and more entries for that year. | ||
Atwal has composed a report on the emails from the Sony Laptop recovered from Chelsea Harbour: 2,507 emails on it. | ||
Now we look at the Apple MacBook with two user accounts “Rebekah” and “localad” (the latter just an admin account common in companies) | ||
The clock on the Apple laptop was four minutes fast says computer expert Atwal, even when adjusted for British summertime | ||
The Apple Laptop last successfully accessed on the 10th July 2011 modify an article on Frankie Dettori: a week before R Brooks’ arrest. | ||
Justice Saunders asks Neil Saunders: “Does any of this matter? … make sure what is being considered is actually relevant.” | ||
“You do what you need to do,” says Justice Saunders to N Saunders of questioning. Break till 2pm | ||
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Back at #hackingtrial with Tajvinder Singh Atwal computer forensic expert from the MPS. Neil Saunders going through files | ||
Royal Ascot and Warren Jackson, Pudicot Partnership, Peasants in Winter – are just some of the files recovered from Brooks’ laptop | ||
There was only a single user account for CEBBrooks at aol for this computer, Neil Saunders, for Charlie Brooks, establishes. | ||
The user account is ‘Rebekah’ but most the email seems to be for Charlie on this computer. | ||
Atwal tells the jury there were 4,260 messages reported on the CEB Brooks aol dot com account, with 8,882 email files (includes trash) | ||
There were 1,435 email attachments on this C Brooks email account. | ||
Neil Saunders asks whether the attempt to open the computer accessed the Frankie Dettori Telegraph article on 18/07/11 | ||
We now move onto the contents of the Apple iPad recovered from Chelsea Harbour, as N Saunders for C Brooks, cross examines Atwal | ||
Atwal made an optical disk of relevant files from the iPad. | ||
The second time the iPad was seized, it had changed its name from ‘iPad’ to ‘Charlies iPad’, Atwal MPS computer forensic expert confirms | ||
On this iPad there are two Apple User IDs – one for Rebekah’s news international account, another for ‘Melville’ | ||
Apps include ‘Kick Off’ “Racing Post’ ‘Racing UK’ ‘Angry Birds’ “Paddy Power’ ‘BBC and Sky apps | ||
The purchase date for these iPad aps were mainly 2010/11 | ||
From the Apple Runtime record it appears the apps were used throughout 2010/11 “I hope the user got better at angry Birds,” notes Saunders | ||
Last update for the iPad is the Saturday before Brooks’ arrest: five contact updates for Will Geddes and Simon Greenberg. | ||
Neil Saunders goes through the Safari browser history – the Sun, Racing Post, Recipes, Champions League, Peter Scudamore, Houses fro Sale | ||
“Racing seems to be the theme going through the whole of that browser,’ asserts Neil Saunders, counsel for Charlie Brooks, of recovered ipad | ||
Atwal confirms Charlie Brooks News International account seems to have been downloaded twice, last time 15 July 2011. Aol five times. | ||
Atwal gives the cumulative total for emails on the iPad recovered from Chelsea Harbour: 441 emails | ||
37 emails and attachments downloaded onto ‘Charlie’s iPad’ on 15th July 2011. By default, iPad’s will automatically update with internet | ||
In copying data to optical disk, Atwal has reproduced the iPad’s index of emails. Neil Saunders asks computer expert to look at edited copy | ||
Neil Saunders says this is a redacted version of master file, removing the email addresses. Atwal hasn’t checked in detail but thinks so | ||
Atwal explains the emails are arrayed in the form the computer stored them: he then entered into an excel spreadsheet. | ||
Neil Saunders has listed the database of over 500 emails alphabetically. There are 44 entries of emails FROM ‘Rebekah Brooks‘ | ||
Cheryl Carter also sends Charlie Brooks a number of emails on this iPad. | ||
Counsel for Rebekah Brooks cross examines Tajvinder Singh Atwal | ||
Laidlaw for Rebekah Brooks: “I will set out her case in regard to these devices” he tells the jury. | ||
Brooks case is that the Apple Laptop and Apple iPad from underground car park were News International devices, but not used by her. | ||
Laildlaw for Rebekah Brooks establishes the Vaio had a user account name ‘Charlie’, and two email accounts not related to her. | ||
There are asset tags for News International on both the apple devices. The admin address suggests corporate set up on the Macbook. | ||
“It’s the most difficult question we get as computer experts, who used the computer at a particular time,” says computer expert Atwal. | ||
Atwal confirms that though the iPad Apple User ID is for R Brooks at News Int, the email account is not for her. | ||
Laidlaw takes us to a new device – the Apple MacBook Air recovered in March 2012 from Jubilee Barn. | ||
Again, this seems to be a corporate computer with two admin accounts, the MacBook Air has two email accounts for R Brooks | ||
Laidlaw shows again the chart showing computer usage for the weekend of Brooks’ arrest. Atwal can’t confirm this is the ipad being set up | ||
Laidlaw for Brooks maintains these were two Apple devices issued to her by News International AFTER her resignation as CO | ||
Witness – DS Hayley Broom (Operation Sasha Detective) | ||
Prosecution Counsel questions DS Hayley Broom | ||
Bryant Heron for the prosecution calls DS Hayley Broom: with particular responsibility for Operation Sacha – Counts 6 and 7 | ||
DS Broom was responsible for viewing the material inside the bags at Chelsea Harbour. Atwal’s team get the image and do the analysis | ||
Sony Vaio laptop DS Broom concluded was used by Charles Brooks. | ||
Photos of a holiday in Corfu with Rupert Murdoch were found on Apple MacBook. Camera prank footage and C Brooks novel also on computer | ||
DS Broom concluded the Apple MacBook was predominantly used by Charles Brooks. But also a News International Budget 22/03/10 | ||
“Leverage size and scale… market dominance” mentioned as part of 2010 three year plan for News International. | ||
Counsel for Rebekah Brooks cross examines DS Hayley Broom | ||
Laidlaw for Brooks gives the title of four docs: include draft speech, draft for James Murdoch and stock calculation for R Brooks. | ||
“I’d rather try to preserve the rules of confidentiality,” says Laidlaw of these four files. | ||
Five minutes break. | ||
Jury back in at #hackingtrial: we continue to look at four NI related documents recovered from Apple MacBook. | ||
RB final draft speech about John Terry and Piers Morgan briefly seen by jury. | ||
3rd Draft Editorial about New Labour failing on Law and Order and on schools. For APPROVAL JRM. | ||
BREAKING: Rebekah Brooks‘ Labour’s Lost it editorial for draft approval by James Murdoch shown to #hackingtrial jury | ||
Fourth document not shown to jury is about R Brooks stock options recovered from Apple MacBook seized by police in Chelsea Harbour | ||
The third device recovered in Chelsea Harbour, an iPad, was password protected. | ||
DS Broom was also present at the second search of Brooks’s premises on 13th March 2012 | ||
Counsel for Charlie Brooks cross examines DS Hayley Broom | ||
Saunders for Charlie Brooks, cross examines DS Broom: she was told these were all Charlie’s devices and nothing to do with Rebekah. | ||
As Neil Saunders for C Brooks makes clear, the jury have already seen the letter from the solicitor’s asserting his ownership. | ||
7,538 email files DS Broom estimates were on the Sony Vaio. 1000 or so Microsoft docs. 6000 plus other docs. | ||
Saunders for Charlie Brooks asks if 25 images of female nudity – breasts, genitalia, masturbation were found on the Viao. DS Broom confirms | ||
Saunders for C Brooks gets DS Broom to confirm the images on the Viao similar nature to lesbian soft porn DVDs found in brown bag | ||
“When you think you drop your voice,” says Justice Saunders to DS Broom: “Can you think more loudly?” DS Broom laughs and says she will | ||
On the MacBook, DS Broom confirms, there were over 8,000 emails: there were no emails sent solely to Rebekah Brooks or from her. | ||
Neil Saunders goes through the four NI docs: 3 year plan March 2010, RB speech he suggests for Women in Communication and Ad 23rd Feb 2010 | ||
Of the “draft editorial for approval JRM”, DS Broom cannot date. Saunders says for September 2009 Party Conference: Labour’s Lost It | ||
Saunders confirms the JRM approval document is the ‘Labour’s Lost It’ Sun front page editorial from September 2009 | ||
Counsel for Rebekah Brooks cross examines DS Broom | ||
Laidlaw for R Brooks cross examines DS Broom about ‘disproving’ they were Charlie’s | ||
“Why are you setting out to disprove a likely device, rather than approaching with an open mind,” ask Laidlaw. | ||
“You don’t have a particular agenda do you?” asks Laidlaw: “Why don’t you just see where the evidence gets you?” | ||
“It is indicative of you not having an open mind,” says Laidlaw to DS broom. “I was particularly interested in finding items related to R B” | ||
On the two News Internationally tagged devices, D S Broom says that she didn’t know Charlie Brooks was given NI devices. | ||
DS Broom cannot say how the four News International files appeared on the Apple MacBook – they were on the screen. | ||
“Did you feel comfortable expressing the view that because of 4 files out of a thousand, Rebekah Brooks could be a user of this device?” | ||
DS Broom says “yes” to Laidlaw’s last question: “She COULD be a user of this device” – the Apple MacBook. | ||
Further Prosecution questions to DS Broom | ||
Bryant Heron re-examines Broom: “Have you sought to present a bias picture” “Not at all. I’ve conducted my investigation with an open mind” | ||
DS Broom explains the four documents from NI were icons on the MacBook screen: not her expertise how those docs got there. | ||
Justice Saunders says DS Broom might be back. Jury back at 11 am tomorrow. |
Note: All the defendants deny all the charges. The trial continues.
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