I get that.
But, as I read it, she's lied about her feelings, not about anything material to the charges, nor about hubby's actions.
If the defence can get the jury to think she's a pathological lying harpy on that basis, well then - the Crown clearly hasn't hired the sharpest knives in the cutlery drawer to conduct the prosecution.
Time will tell.
But, as I read it, she's lied about her feelings, not about anything material to the charges, nor about hubby's actions.
If the defence can get the jury to think she's a pathological lying harpy on that basis, well then - the Crown clearly hasn't hired the sharpest knives in the cutlery drawer to conduct the prosecution.
Time will tell.
From the BBC:
When questioned by the police in May 2015, Mrs Cilliers said Emile Cilliers had taken her parachute rig into the toilet with him at the airfield, and he was there "for about five minutes".
But on Tuesday, she told the court that he had been quicker than she had first alleged and that she "elaborated".
"I'm not saying I'm lying completely. I was angry when I made that statement and lied throughout it in order to paint Emile in a bad picture," she told the prosecution.
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The point is not that she lied in her statement (although that is serious) but admitting to lying at all casts doubt on the prosecution case.
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