I've placed it here for reference and we will do our best to keep it updated as the case goes on.
WITNESSES CALLED | ||||
No | NAME | DESIGNATION | DAY | DATE |
Crown Witnesses | ||||
1 | Barbara Scott | SSP Minute Secretary | 1 & 2 | 4th & 5th October |
2 | Alison Kane | Former SSP National Treasurer | 2 & 3 | 5th & 6th October |
3 | Alan Green | SSP National Secretary | 3 | 6th October |
4 | Colin Fox | SSP Convener / Former MSP | 3 & 4 | 6th & 7th October |
5 | Duncan Rowan | SSP Regional Organiser | 4 | 7th October |
6 | Felicity Garvie | SSP Personal Secretary | 4 | 7th October |
7 | Carolyn Leckie | SSP Chair / Former MSP | 5 | 8th October |
8 | Catriona Grant | SSP EC Member | 5 | 8th October |
9 | Joanna Harvie | SSP EC Member / Editor of SSV | 7 & 8 | 14th & 15th October |
10 | Rosie Kane | SSP EC Member / Former MSP | 8 & 9 | 15th & 18th October |
4 Recalled | Colin Fox Recalled | SSP Convener / Former MSP | 9 | 18th October |
11 | Katrine Trolle | SSP Member | 10, 11 & 12 | 19th, 20th & 21st October |
5 Recalled | Duncan Rowan Recalled | SSP Regional Organiser | 13 | 22nd October |
2 Recalled | Alison Kane Recalled | Former SSP National Treasurer | 13 | 22nd October |
12 | Gary Clark | Childhood Friend of Tommy Sheridan | 14 | 25th October |
3 Recalled | Alan Green Recalled | SSP National Secretary | 14 | 25th October |
7 Recalled | Carolyn Leckie Recalled | SSP Chair / Former MSP | 14 | 25th October |
8 Recalled | Catriona Grant Recalled | SSP EC Member | 14 | 25th October |
13 | Ralph Barnett | Journalist | 15 | 26th October |
14 | Ruth Adamson | Friend of Katrine Trolle / Former Partner of Ralph Barnett | 15 | 26th October |
15 | Steven Nimmo | SSP Regional Organiser | 15 | 26th October |
16 | Ritchie Venton | SSP Industrial Organiser | 15 | 26th October |
17 | Francis Curran | SSP EC Member / Former MSP | 16 | 27th October |
No | NAME | DESIGNATION | DAY | DATE |
6 Recalled | Felicity Garvie Recalled | SSP Personal Secretary | 16 | 27th October |
1 Recalled | Barbara Scott Recalled | SSP Minute Secretary | 16 | 27th October |
18 | Anvar Khan | Journalist | 17 & 18 | 28th & 29th October |
19 | Elizabeth Quinn | Retired Teacher / Neighbour of Anvar Khan | 19 | 1st November |
20 | Susan Dobbie | 19 | 1st November | |
21 | Alan McCombes | SSP Press and Policy Co-ordinator | 19 & 20 | 1st & 2nd November |
22 | John Penman | Former SSP EC Member | 20 | 2nd November |
23 | Louise Cumberbirch | Cupids ‘Customer’ | 21 | 3rd November |
24 | Anthony Cumberbirch | Cupids ‘Customer’ | 21 | 3rd November |
25 | Ian Campbell | SSP Member | 21 | 3rd November |
26 | Charlie McCarthy | Former SSP Member | 21 | 3rd November |
27 | James McVicar | Current SSP National Treasurer | 21 | 3rd November |
28 | Liam Young | SSP Member | 21 | 3rd November |
29 | Jack Ferguson | SSP Member | 21 | 3rd November |
30 | George McNeilage | Former Friend | 22 & 23 | 5th & 8th November |
31 | William Moore | Former Friend | 25 | 12th November |
32 | Bob Bird | Editor: Scottish News of the World | 25, 26, 27 & 28 | 12th, 15th, 16th & 17th November |
33 | Pamela Tucker | Cupids ‘Customer’ | 29 | 18th November |
34 | Ian Johnstone | CWU Official from Manchester | 29 | 18th November |
35 | Dr Nick McKerrell | SSP Member | 29 | 18th November |
36 | Kenneth Lang | Civil Litigation Solicitor, Melliks Solicitors | 30 | 19th November |
37 | Mr Paul Sinclair | Former Political Editor: Scottish Daily Record | 30 | 19th November |
38 | Keith Baldessara | Former Election Agent & Parliamentary Case Worker for TS | 30 | 19th November |
39 | Martin McColl | Acquaintance of Andrew McFarlane | 31 & 32 | 24th & 25th November |
40 | Douglas Wight | Former News Editor: Scottish News of the World | 33 | 26th November |
41 | Gerald Fraser | Detective Sergeant, Lothian & Borders Police | 35 | 2nd December |
42 | Stuart Harkness | Detective Sergeant, Lothian & Borders Police | 35 | 2nd December |
Defence Witnesses | ||||
43 | Hugh Kerr | Retired Politician / Journalist Former Press Officer for TS | 36 | 3rd December 2010 |
44 | Alan Brown | Civil Servant / PCS National Official / Former SSP Member | 36 | 3rd December 2010 |
45 | Joyce Drummond | Former SSP Member | 36 | 3rd December 2010 |
46 | Irene Lang | Former SSP Member | 36 | 3rd December 2010 |
47 | Rosemary Byrne | Former SSP MSP | 37 | 9th December 2010 |
12 comments:
This is great. It makes it easy to refer back to previous testimony. Thanks to Fireman Sam.
I asked this on a previous thread, but got no reply so will try again.
Does anyone have a note of the number of prosecution witnesses whose evidence in this trial differed from their evidence in the defamation case and/or their police statements?
It seemed to me to be a lot, but I didn't make notes and even with Fireman Sam's excellent document it would take too long to try to work it out now.
Hoping someone else made notes?
Complicated point. My reading of the matter is that the defence consider all the Crown witnesses who gave evidence in the libel trial have, to one degree or another, altered their evidence. In fact even in this trial some Crown witnesses where first examined by Scott and then re-examined by Sheridan and gave different versions. So there are 3 or 4 different versions in some cases. Would not the main isue therefore be what key winesses changed their evidence and about what key matters? For example Khan and Trolle are key witnesses. The defence highlighted their changing evidence from the libel trial, to the pre trial statements to the testimony in this trial about crucial matters such as the dates of the sex sessions, the NOTW payments and NOTW offers of payments. A central plank of the defence case is that if you do not believe Khan, Trolle and McGuire (who is yet to appear) then the whole Crown case falls away. Tommy and McBride have made charges in cross that [edited] The reports of their testimony on all media, and the McBride cross in particular, still reverberate. As for the third woman it emerged from the police that McGuire is not believed by the police. That would be a good and possible reason why Prentice did not call her. (Despite this the NOTW still think she is telling the truth!) If there was no sex with these 3 women, in Cupids (Salford) or the sex house in Wigan then logically there can be no confessions to sex clubs etc. [edited] . We may see Crown witnesses appear as defence witnesses or not as the case may be - that has been suggested by the defence in McGuires case at least. I think that is the main reason the Crown needed to cut short its case - although I note some here think Pentice did a great job and didn't need to prove anything more so could therefore cut short his case! So I suggest that if someone is starting a list of changing evidence Trolle and Khan is the place to start.
Peter, I've had to take out a couple of parts of that, could you please avoid making statements along those lines?
Thank
J
Thanks to Fireman Sam for this really handy index to the witnesses in this trial. It has made following the trial a lot easier.
This leads me to ask; do the members of the jury have access to any reference material like this - a list of witnesses; a transcript of evidence given. Are any of them taking notes? How on earth do they follow 36 days(so far) of testimony?
I wonder if any have found this blog.
Hello Paw, the jury do take notes and during their consideration of a verdict will be able to ask the judge to review any material that is relevant.
The jury are also under instructions from Lord Bracadale not to conduct their own research, especially on the internet, so that they can concentrate only the on facts presented to them in court.
Still cant understand why TS brother in law has not been called to testify in either trial!! Why doesn't Tommy doesn't call him to testify that he never went to cupids with him, Katrine Trolle, Anvar Khan and Gary Clark and that Katrine Trolle was never in his house. Seems strange to me. Could it be he doesn't want to commit perjury in court?
@Danny G - the defence case is only 1 day in, so there is still time for many witnesses to be called.
Anonymous 11.03 pm. Thanks for your reply and comments. You give a concise and interesting summary of some good points in the Crown case.
Charlie McCarthy isn't even an SSP member, let alone 'National Treasurer'
Thanks for that anon, it seems we have transposed the entries for Charlie McCarthy and Mr McVicar. We will fix that now.
all the best
James
Can we have a full list of who was on the crowns list of witnesses! There case has finished so it wouldn't prejudice the case.
Sorry anon, that list is confidential so even if we had it we could not publish it.
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