CRIMINAL DIVISION
Strand London, WC2A 2LL |
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B e f o r e :
(Vice President of the CACD)
MRS JUSTICE RAFFERTY
MR JUSTICE HEDLEY
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(1) WILLIAM FREDERICK LOFTUS | ||
(2) CAROLE ANNE COMBEN |
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Mr I Ross appeared on behalf of the 2nd Appellant
Mr C Gabb appeared on behalf of the Crown
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"Do not be prejudiced against the first defendant in respect of allegations made by the second defendant concerning non-consensual sexual behaviour. Bear in mind, as I am sure you will, that the allegations which he faces in this trial concern sexual abuse of young children. There is, you may think, a significant difference between non-consensual sexual behaviour between adults and sexual abuse of young children."
"You heard a good deal of evidence about the violent behaviour as between the two defendants when they married. As I have already said, the defendants are not of course charged in these proceedings with any violence as between each other, or in regard to their behaviour towards each other. Do not be prejudiced against either defendant in regard to those matters. The relevance of that evidence is the extent to which it may cast light on the behaviour and attitude of each defendant towards the girls."
Then he summarised in brief terms the rival contentions about that. That was precisely and accurately to identify the relevance of the evidence in question.