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Tuesday 17 June 2008

The woe in Woburn

As the trial of Neil Entwistle moves into its third week, several days have passed by with no comment about my charming British accent. 


Woburn's two taxi drivers no longer have to ask me why I'm here or where I'm from.  Hotel staff ask how the trial is going as we troop out of the doors at 8am and back in at 5pm. Even the barman knows my usual evening tipple without having to ask.

The good people of Woburn might even miss us when we're gone, whenever that may be.  

The court has now heard hour after hour of scientific evidence on blood stains, gunshot residue, ballistics, DNA and computer records.  

This morning a DNA specialist has spent several hours reading out complicated strings of numbers from charts aiming to prove matches for Entwistle's DNA profile.
 
And as the evidence gets increasingly technical and tough to follow, the tabletop in the media room has changed from this scene of organisation and professionalism:

 


...to this sugar and E-number feast:




I think that says it all. 


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