I still don't believe their excuse for going round to Becky's house that day either. To drop off a cake tin they borrowed. If they were Anjie's carers, they would have been going round to that house most days of the week, surely. So what's the rush to return a cake tin? Especially as they knew Anjie wasn't going to be there, as she had a hospital appointment.
Yet, despite knowing that Anjie was going to be out, and clearly had no urgent rush to get it back, they still took time out of their day to drop it off. Why not just wait and take it with you the next time you were going to the house?
Its very strange that they decided to return the cake tin at the very time that Becky was home, but nobody else was......... but ended up staying till the evening, even though they were just dropping it off.
She does not have to take the stand.
Part of the right not to incriminate yourself, it is up to the prosecution to prove their case, you don't need to say a thing if you don't want to.
While that right is almost always best used when dealing with Police interviews, it can backfire spectacularly when used in court.
Ultimately it is down to the accused. The defence will advise them on what they believe is the best tactic but their clients don't always listen.
In this case I think SH and the defence have a very difficult choice, both options have equal numbers of pros and cons.
Claire Hayhurst ‏@clairehayhurst · 6 mins6 minutes ago
Matthews describing how James Ireland and Karl Demetrius gave him and Hoare a lift home. "I was worried but I wasn't showing it," he says.
Claire Hayhurst ‏@clairehayhurst · 4 mins4 minutes ago
Matthews: KD and JI then gave me a lift to their work in Filton. They dropped me outside and came back out with a van.
Claire Hayhurst ‏@clairehayhurst · 1 min1 minute ago
They returned to Matthews' house. JI stayed in hall. Matthews and KD went upstairs for "just enough for me to pack a suitcase" #beckywatts
Claire Hayhurst ‏@clairehayhurst · 2 mins2 minutes ago
Matthews: passed items from loft to KD to pack in suitcase. Brought other suitcases and black bag from the kitchen, dragged box across hall.
As a slightly off topic thought - I wonder what had been in the cake tin - I dont think SH or NM did any cooking, so was it something MM had made for them ?
We'd heard previosuly that he rang them again to ask about the moving packages separately, ie after they'd arranged to have a lift home.
here he's made it look like they went straight from dropping him and SH off to taking him in the car to JI's workplace to get the van.
Also they went upstairs!! ie where SH is "sleeping"
ITV Becky Trial ‏@ITVBeckyTrial · 41 secs42 seconds ago
James Ireland (JI) suggested going to Karl Demetrius' (KD) house with the packages #beckywatts
Claire Hayhurst ‏@clairehayhurst · 47 secs47 seconds ago
Matthews: later walked round to KD house as had forgotten a rucksack to put in shed. "I said 'can you chuck it in with the other stuff'."
Claire Hayhurst ‏@clairehayhurst · 2 mins2 minutes ago
Matthews: passed items from loft to KD to pack in suitcase. Brought other suitcases and black bag from the kitchen, dragged box across hall.
So was NM passing the cling film packages to KD from the loft or the other bags containing the packages?
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