Rudolf asked: "Do you know if that means a motive will be put forth?"
REPLY: No. What will happen is a very brief statement of facts and a request to enter a plea. Something like:
"Mr Farmer. Stand up please. Will you please confirm your full name and address. It is alleged that on * July 2008 you did, with others, murder -A- and -B- at ***, New Cross, London. How do you plead? Guilty or Not Guilty?"
After he says, presumably, that he is not guilty, there may be an application for bail - unlikely in this cae, I should think.
The defence has the right to challenge the charge by suggesting there is 'no case to answer'. To put it another way, they can suggest that the prosecution does not even have an arguable case i.e. they do not have a 'prima facie' case.
If, as we read, Nigel Farmer gave himself up to the police, he may well have told them everything
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