202400687 B2 - [2025] EWCA Crim 966

Before the first trial the defendant provided a Defence Statement which denied that any of the offences alleged against him took place. In addition to specific denials of the particular acts constituting the offences alleged against him, he bolstered his case by denying the secondary evidence of what was alleged e.g. denying that he would ever go to V’s bedroom at night or that he would call her to the bathroom. No further or supplemental Defence Statement was prepared after the conclusion of the original trial.