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I completely agree, but it's a bit disconcerting that there isn't 100% confidence in the evidence that it's an airtight case. The need for a "test", "test drive", "test run", or however you want to describe it, hints that he thinks there *is* room for reasonable doubt.
I don't think the Crown has any reasonable doubt, but is smart enough and logical enough to know that he has to convince 12 jurors (laypersons) beyond reasonable doubt (which is not 100%, but said to be more around 90%).
A case without bodies having been recovered is always going to be more difficult to prosecute and he knows it.
ETA: News.talk is faster and younger than I am and beat me to it
