[2025] EWHC 2684 (KB)

The Defendant relied on the evidence (witness statements and oral evidence of)

Judith Cass, who provided a statement in relation to the draft statement of Christopher Tarrant, was not required to give oral evidence.

Although I have briefly outlined the essential dates and events above it is helpful to set out a fuller chronology before considering the evidence in detail. The chronology is at Annex 1.

Before setting out the relevant aspects of the witness evidence, it is necessary to address in some detail key aspects of the history of events and some of the documentary evidence.

I start, just as the whole investigation started, with Mr Deveney.