The closing speech and directions to the jury
The closing speech of Luke Mitchell's trial, delivered by Advocate Depute Alan Turnbull on 18th January 2005, provides some insight in to the directions and instructions presented to the jury in regards to the deliberation of their verdict. (Full transcript will be uploaded as soon as possible, along with others - please note, this just part of the closing speech and given as an example) “ I’ll explain to you what evidence the Crown say you ought to accept. I’ll explain to you why you ought to accept that evidence and I’ll explain to you why, if you do accept that evidence , it ought to be returning a verdict of guilty on the murder charge." "Now in undertaking that evidence I’ll necessarily have to examine that evidence, I'll have to discuss it, I’ll have to analyse it, and in doing that of course, I’ll have to rely on my notes that I took at the time, on memory, my own understanding of the evidence. And when I discuss the evidence with you, my intention is t...
