A finding of lack of mens rea (guilty mind) is the obvious finding. |
My concern was not about politics. |
My lord, people have done worse things than that in conspiracies. |
She is quite capable of saying 'no' to him. |
This is a result of a number of new issues and new evidence arising. |
This is not a shy 15 or 16-year-old girl ... She knows how to stand up for herself. |
We have demonstrated that the complainant has a penchant for making false allegations of rape or attempted rape. That has been demonstrated. |
We know this is not an ordinary rape trial. It has very much a political element -- not in the court but to the outside world. |