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15:32JONATHAN HUMPHRIES
“Let me make something very, very clear indeed as far as Ian Fitzgibbon is concerned and anyone else is concerned in the trial. If the prosecution have proved their case so you are sure, you will convict them.
“I’m not flag waving, I’m not on a campaign. I’m no friend or otherwise of Ian Fitzgibbon. I'm here to do my job. My job as a defence advocate is to help you look at the prosecution evidence, analyse it carefully, make arguments where we think the pros evidence is weak and that you cannot rely on it and leave you to do the difficult job. The 12 of you mull over what we’ve said and come to a just and proper conclusion.
“If a person is guilty of this heinous allegation against Ms Dale particularly, whoever is find guilty - and I include my client - deserves the most condign of punishment. I am not hear to whine and wail to you, what if this and what if that. I too am a citizen. I too walk around in the streets going to shops, eat, drink, have mates. I too want to feel safe in my community. We are all individuals and members of the community. We are not flag wavers for any situation which puts the community at risk. What we are here for is to look at the evidence the prosecution presented to see whether they have proved his guilt.
“The prosecution bring this allegation. The state bring these allegations against the citizens, and they were going to have to do it to a very standard. Satisfied so you are sure. If God forbid any of us were charged for something we had not done, me, anyone on this side of the court, you, your family or your friends, you also have the protection that if the state make that allegation against you, if the weight of those powers, of police, forensic science, the prosecution, are brought against you, you too have the right to say it must be proved. It must be proved so that the jury are sure.”
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'What did Ian Fitzgibbon actually do?'
Mr Cooper says: “I want to carefully analyse the evidence in front of you. We’re not afraid of the evidence on behalf of Ian Fitzgibbon. we’re going to go through every last drop of it. We’re going to work out exactly what the prosecuton say Ian Fitzgibbon did. Even now, after many weeks of trial, after two speeches, it’s hard to work out what is it they’re saying Ian Fitzgibbon did. How did he organise, motivate or monitor? We will look at the evidence calmly, analytical, cooly and see where the prosecution case goes.“Let me make something very, very clear indeed as far as Ian Fitzgibbon is concerned and anyone else is concerned in the trial. If the prosecution have proved their case so you are sure, you will convict them.
“I’m not flag waving, I’m not on a campaign. I’m no friend or otherwise of Ian Fitzgibbon. I'm here to do my job. My job as a defence advocate is to help you look at the prosecution evidence, analyse it carefully, make arguments where we think the pros evidence is weak and that you cannot rely on it and leave you to do the difficult job. The 12 of you mull over what we’ve said and come to a just and proper conclusion.
“If a person is guilty of this heinous allegation against Ms Dale particularly, whoever is find guilty - and I include my client - deserves the most condign of punishment. I am not hear to whine and wail to you, what if this and what if that. I too am a citizen. I too walk around in the streets going to shops, eat, drink, have mates. I too want to feel safe in my community. We are all individuals and members of the community. We are not flag wavers for any situation which puts the community at risk. What we are here for is to look at the evidence the prosecution presented to see whether they have proved his guilt.
“The prosecution bring this allegation. The state bring these allegations against the citizens, and they were going to have to do it to a very standard. Satisfied so you are sure. If God forbid any of us were charged for something we had not done, me, anyone on this side of the court, you, your family or your friends, you also have the protection that if the state make that allegation against you, if the weight of those powers, of police, forensic science, the prosecution, are brought against you, you too have the right to say it must be proved. It must be proved so that the jury are sure.”
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Ashley Dale murder trial as it happens
The 28-year-old was shot dead at her home on Leinster Road in Old Swan