Judge Rafferty said:

“What is Simon Hall’s defence? It is alibi; he says that he was not at the scene of the crime when it was committed.”

*Sandra Lean said:    

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WE SAY

When was the crime committed? THERE IS NO TIME OF DEATH!?

We feel the Judge did not show impartiality in her summing up due to the following:

·         Failed to highlight the lack of forensic evidence in Simon’s defence.

·         Dismissed witness’s evidence pointing to potential time of crime, which shows earlier.

·         Raised issues and placed undue emphasis on the prosecutions case repeatedly i.e. Mother’s evidence put in doubt even though she was telling the truth.

·         She talked about the alleged murder weapon and the lack of marks on it.

She said:

”The more one finds absence of evidence, there are no marks there is no trace, the more confidently one can say that care was taken by the murderer.”

This completely dismisses the possibility that if you have no evidence, you simply have the wrong person AND SIMON WAS NEVER THERE!