Jezebel......If I could be so bold as to ask......
Since you were actually there, and all we are reading is tweets etc........did you get the feeling during her testimony.............
Did TLM look at the Crown and defense when they were asking her questions?
I can’t really answer this one, I was in the overflow room, which I was lucky to even get in there, her first day of testimony the courtroom and overflow room were packed, some were sitting on the floor at one point. There was an abundance of media there. From what I could tell from the wide shot angle of TLM did appear to be looking at the crown when he was asking questions.
Did she appear "stuck for an answer" at times and start sobbing, wiping away tears or ask for a recess?
She was sobbing a lot at times, also took long pauses between answers, also asked to have a minute and at the time the crown then asked for afternoon recess. My hesitation for thinking her long pauses were to stall to get her answer together is because, even when her testimony began she was doing the same thing. The crown started very slowly, asking about her, her background, parents, where she grew up etc, throughout this whole time TLM was speaking very slowly and often taking long pauses, including after being asked about places where she grew up. I don’t want to say she came across as a little nervous but I did get the impression she did not want to be in the spotlight per say.
Or was her testimony as smooth as would be expected under the circumstances?
Her testimony was quite consistent, a lot of the time it was hard to hear her, either for sniffing, sobbing or talking very quietly as the day wore on and the testimony got more intense (meaning to the guts of what happened that day) she was definitely emotional. After she was saying she was having flash backs and was full of rage, and then was asked “what happened next” she did hesitate for a long time, she was sobbing and sniffing and then almost inaudibly she said “I savagely murdered that little girl”
Just wondering.......because the tweets tell us nothing about that.
I also wonder.......and odd question I know..........
What do you think would have been her reaction, had you got up from your seat, walked right up to her and stuck your face in her face, and told her you didn't believe her and she was a liar?
I have never thought of that, but I have a feeling that if I did that, she would be quote adamant that she was not lying and I would hope I wouldn’t get a punch in the face.
Any thoughts?
JMO.................
