No. I was merely wondering if she is a witness for the prosecution or the defence. And my other thought was that the defence would love what she has to say.
THe police when investigating a case have a duty to include all the evidence, incluging evidence that will inculpate (support the charge) and evidence that will exculpate (more favourable to the defence). It is unethical to without statements because they do not necessarily support a charge. This woman's statement was obviously one of the 400 odd submitted by the polilce.
The prosecution at this stage at committal do not go and find their own witnesses. Now the trial is a different matter and they may well source other witnesses that would be helpful for their case including expert witnesses. I was not in court today but yesterday Mr Davies was clearly trying to establish evidence and get admissions on the record. eg. when cross examining Kerrie Anne Walker he wanted to clearly establish the years when Allison had admitted depression and to get an admission from Kerrie anne that she had not seen Alison since 3rd of February and that she was not aware of other Drs visits Alison made in 2011 and 2012. What he then does with these admissions will be seen at trial. He may make a decisiom
to run with a suicide/depression theme or decide against it.
There were a lot of questions yesterday to Dr Mills and Dr Griffiths of a technical nature requesting references and evidence base eg. what expertise Dr Griffiths had regarding scratches, what technical sources he used. He was carfeful to establish the type of nail that could posibly have inflicted the injury and the angle of the curve. I would lay bets he will have a team of lackeys looking up medical journals that could be possibly more up to date than the text book quoted. They will examine every photo of Alison to work out the length and angle of her nails etc. and I am sure if there is a perceived discrepency in Dr Griffiths expert opion it will then be dissected at trial.
By the way does anyone have any knowledge of the length of Alisons nails??
researchers very busy before tr
