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CB's defence team have filed repeated petitions for the charges to be dismissed.
On Wednesday, they said HB’s original testimony to German police should be dismissed as the officer who conducted the English-language interview was not qualified to do so. This was dismissed by the court, as were their previous claims that CB cannot expect a fair trial in Germany due to the publicity around the MM case.
Hazel Behan, from Mullingar, testified on Wednesday at trial of German man Christian Brückner (47) on rape and indecent assault charges in Portugal between 2000 and 2017
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CB's defence team have pulled every trick in the book in the hopes of allowing their client to avoid the due process of the German court.
Their endeavours have been listened to and with the exceptions of
- causing delay with the jurisdiction complaint
- having the alderwoman removed on the first day of the trial
have all resulted in being received with a pinch of salt. Whether or not they have succeeded in having any of the called witnesses being discarded I've no idea. But I don't think they have missed making pejorative statements concerning most if not all. Absolutely classic they even had a previous trial judge called