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Mr Bolton, an eminent Fulchester Councillor, is accused of indecent assault.
A few familiar faces in this one. Robert Dorning stars as the defendant. Stella "all over the plaice" Tanner, Sally "Tiswas" James and Joan "May Hardman in Coronation Street" Heath, appear as witnesses.
Mr Bolton, an eminent Fulchester Councillor, is accused of indecent assault.
A few familiar faces in this one. Robert Dorning stars as the defendant. Stella "all over the plaice" Tanner, Sally "Tiswas" James and Joan "May Hardman in Coronation Street" Heath, appear as witnesses.
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00:00:00On the afternoon of July the 14th this year, Councillor Edward Bolton, aged 50, one of
00:00:23Fulchester's leading public figures, was in his office at number 106 Market Street.
00:00:28During the afternoon, he had occasion to call in his secretary, a Miss Gillian Hayes, aged
00:00:3318, from the outer office to take down some dictation.
00:00:38What took place whilst Miss Hayes was in the Councillor's office not only shocked his colleagues,
00:00:43but today is the subject of the case of the Queen versus Bolton in the Crown Court.
00:00:58And the prosecution alleges, members of the jury, that the defendant, after blowing or
00:01:07breathing on Miss Hayes's neck, said, I bet that tickled, never mind, I'll scratch your back
00:01:13for you.
00:01:14She will say that he put his hand down her back, attempting to unfasten her brasier, and
00:01:19then began to fondle her right breast, so that she was obliged to riddle to one side in order
00:01:25to escape his attentions.
00:01:26So much members of the jury for the allegations which formed the basis of this charge.
00:01:41However, Miss Hayes will also say that it was but a culmination of a series of incidents,
00:01:53which again, to use her own words, made my life a misery.
00:02:00As for corroborative evidence, there is an office colleague of Miss Hayes, a Miss Barbara Foster,
00:02:06who will say that as she entered the office, she in fact saw her friend trying to escape
00:02:12the defendant's attentions.
00:02:14She will further say that he had his hand inside Miss Hayes' blouse,
00:02:20and that her friend was extremely distressed.
00:02:23Miss Foster was in fact so incensed by this that she remonstrated with the defendant,
00:02:28calling him a dirty pig.
00:02:31And she further alleges that the defendant replied,
00:02:34She was enjoying it until you came in, you silly bitch.
00:02:39A complaint was subsequently made to the police, and when charged, the defendant replied,
00:02:44This is ridiculous.
00:02:46A man of my position.
00:02:51A man of my position.
00:02:53Now you must all be aware, members of the jury, just who the defendant is.
00:03:00He is extremely well known in the locality.
00:03:03He has been in local politics and taken a leading part in the social, official, political life of the area for something like 25 years.
00:03:12Now, plainly, an accusation of this nature is of extreme importance to a man like this.
00:03:19Not only is the man on trial, but his immense public reputation as well.
00:03:24But I must remind you, members of the jury, as I'm sure his honour will do at a later stage,
00:03:29that you must not allow the defendant's position to bedazzle you, for two reasons.
00:03:38One, that your sole interest is, of course, the facts.
00:03:44And two, that a public reputation not only commands respect, but should also presume certain standards.
00:03:54Now, with your honour's leave, I would like to call my first witness for the prosecution, Mrs. Veronica Hayes.
00:04:04But that lady is not the complainant, Miss Tate.
00:04:07It's the usual practice to call the complainant first in these cases.
00:04:10I appreciate that, your honour, but there are rather special circumstances which, in my respectful submission,
00:04:16I feel justify the course I am taking.
00:04:19Very well. I will lie upon you, Miss Tate.
00:04:31What is your religion, please?
00:04:33Seathe.
00:04:34Will you take the book in your right hand and swear the oath?
00:04:38I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
00:04:45What is your full name?
00:04:49Veronica Hayes.
00:04:51And where do you live, Mrs. Hayes?
00:04:5318 Shakespeare Avenue, Forchester.
00:04:55Are you the mother of Gillian Hayes, the complainant in this case?
00:04:58Yes, I am.
00:05:00Do you remember the afternoon of July the 14th this year?
00:05:03Oh, yes. That was the afternoon it all happened.
00:05:06Now, do you remember it?
00:05:09Very well.
00:05:11What were you doing?
00:05:13Well, I was at home making the tea.
00:05:15I bought a bit of fresh salmon for a treat, you know.
00:05:17Well, it's so expensive.
00:05:19What happened when you were making the tea, Mrs. Hayes?
00:05:23Well, I put the salmon in a pan with a bit of water, because it doesn't need a lot of cooking, you know.
00:05:28Just the facts of the matter in hand, please, Mrs. Hayes.
00:05:30Embellishments are not only of no consequence, they waste valuable time.
00:05:34Sorry.
00:05:36What happened?
00:05:38Oh, well, Jill suddenly walked in.
00:05:41Where from?
00:05:42Well, from work.
00:05:43Was this her usual time for coming home from work?
00:05:46No, it was only half past four.
00:05:48She doesn't usually get home till nearly six.
00:05:50Later, if she didn't get a lift from Mr. Sharp next door.
00:05:52And what was her demeanor?
00:05:54Pardon?
00:05:55Oh, was she happy, sad? What mood was she in?
00:05:59Well, I thought she must be ill at first, but she said she wasn't.
00:06:02So there was something not quite normal about her then, was there?
00:06:06I didn't notice anything at first. It was just her being so early.
00:06:10When did you notice something?
00:06:12When she suddenly burst out crying.
00:06:15She hung up a coat, and she'd gone into the front room, and then I heard her crying.
00:06:20And what did you do?
00:06:21Went to see what was wrong. Forgetting all about me salmon.
00:06:24What was wrong, Mrs. Hayes?
00:06:27Well, couldn't get a word out of her for love nor money. Not at first.
00:06:31But eventually, she said, Mr. Bolton's been meddling with me.
00:06:36Your daughter then made a complaint to you, did she?
00:06:39I'll say she did. After a lot of persuasion.
00:06:42And what did you do as a consequence of what she told you?
00:06:45Took her down to the police station, didn't I? Very sharpish.
00:06:48Thank you, Mrs. Hayes.
00:06:49Fresh salmon was burnt to a frazzle, I might tell you. Not to mention a perfectly good pan.
00:06:53What were the special circumstances for calling this witness first, Miss Tate?
00:06:57I'm sorry, Your Honour. She has a rather important hospital appointment to keep. Isn't that so, Mrs. Hayes?
00:07:03That's right. I'm not well at all. And this business hasn't helped much, I might tell you.
00:07:08Mr. Dealey.
00:07:17How old is your daughter, Mrs. Hayes?
00:07:19Just gone eighteen.
00:07:21Is she lively, quiet, reserved?
00:07:25Normal.
00:07:26So she's not rather quiet and reserved then?
00:07:29Well, she doesn't go out all that much. Not like me.
00:07:34Pardon?
00:07:35Hmm?
00:07:36I didn't quite catch what you just said.
00:07:39I said Jill doesn't go out much like me. I like a bit of life. Health permitting, of course.
00:07:46Health permitting, of course.
00:07:48Well, you only live once, don't you?
00:07:51Indeed we do, Mrs. Hayes. Indeed we do.
00:07:54Tell me, does your husband live with you?
00:07:57We have partied.
00:07:58You have partied, I see.
00:07:59We never got on.
00:08:01His ideas weren't my ideas.
00:08:03He's a home bird.
00:08:05Like your daughter, maybe?
00:08:07Well, I suppose you could say that.
00:08:09Tell me, Mrs. Hayes, has your daughter got a boyfriend?
00:08:12No, not that I know of.
00:08:14Not even a casual one?
00:08:16No, I keep telling her it's time she had, but she never takes any notice.
00:08:19She's a big reader.
00:08:21A big reader.
00:08:22Hmm.
00:08:24Had your daughter ever made any previous complaint against Councillor Bolton?
00:08:28Hardly mentioned him.
00:08:29Still, she wouldn't.
00:08:31She's not very forthcoming about anything.
00:08:33In fact, she wasn't very forthcoming about this particular complaint, was she, Mrs. Hayes?
00:08:37In fact, she needed a lot of persuasion before she'd tell you anything about it, I think you said.
00:08:41That's right.
00:08:42But I dragged it out of her eventually.
00:08:44You dragged it out of her eventually?
00:08:47Hmm.
00:08:48Do you know Councillor Bolton?
00:08:51Erm, only by name.
00:08:54Well, I've seen his picture in the paper often enough.
00:08:57Well, everybody does, don't they?
00:08:59Isn't it true that last year you had a dispute with your landlord, the local council?
00:09:04Well, it wasn't exactly a dispute.
00:09:06It was more of a misunderstanding.
00:09:08They suggested that you'd taken in a lodger, which was contrary to their policy.
00:09:12Well, he wasn't a lodger.
00:09:14He was a friend.
00:09:15A guest.
00:09:17Nevertheless, you were ordered to ask him to leave.
00:09:19That's right.
00:09:20By the housing committee?
00:09:21Yes.
00:09:22Of which Councillor Bolton was chairman.
00:09:24I never dealt with him, though.
00:09:25He was chairman?
00:09:26I believe he was.
00:09:28You were very quick to take your daughter to the police station, weren't you, Mrs Hayes?
00:09:35Sharpish, I think, was your word.
00:09:38Well, if you'd have seen the state she was in, you'd have taken her to the police.
00:09:43Nobody meddles with my daughter.
00:09:45And definitely not dirty old men, that's for sure.
00:09:53That's all, Mrs Hayes, thank you.
00:09:55You may stand down, Mrs Hayes.
00:09:58Call Barbara Foster.
00:10:00What is your religion, please?
00:10:18The Church of England.
00:10:19Take the book in your right hand and swear the earth.
00:10:21I swear by Almighty God that the evidence I shall give
00:10:24shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
00:10:27What is your full name?
00:10:30Barbara Foster.
00:10:31And where do you live?
00:10:32At 20 Belfield Street, Fullchester.
00:10:35What were you doing on the afternoon of July the 14th, Miss Foster?
00:10:38Typing out a list of local holiday dates.
00:10:40Where?
00:10:41At work.
00:10:42Where is work?
00:10:43At Fullchester Trades and Labour Council offices.
00:10:46Perhaps it might be as well to establish the precise nature of the defendant's employment at this stage, Your Honour.
00:10:52The defendant is also employed there, isn't he?
00:10:55Yeah, he's secretary, a boss.
00:10:57Who else worked there?
00:10:58Well, me and Gillian Hayes did.
00:11:00We've been sacked.
00:11:01Gillian Hayes, the complainant in this case.
00:11:04The who?
00:11:05The girl against whom the assault was committed.
00:11:08It's an alleged assault, Your Honour.
00:11:10The alleged assault.
00:11:12If that will make my friend feel better.
00:11:14Well, Miss Hayes, Miss Foster?
00:11:16I've forgotten what you asked me.
00:11:18Is Gillian Hayes, your office colleague, the girl who was allegedly assaulted?
00:11:24She was definitely assaulted.
00:11:27Now, did you and Miss Hayes each do a similar job?
00:11:30Oh, Jill was his secretary.
00:11:32I was just the office dog's body.
00:11:34She's better at shorthand than me, you see.
00:11:36Going back to the afternoon of July the 14th, where were you?
00:11:41In the outer office.
00:11:42And Miss Hayes?
00:11:43In his office.
00:11:44Was Mr Bolton in there with her?
00:11:46Well, of course he was.
00:11:48Right.
00:11:49So you were in the outer office, and Mr Bolton and Miss Hayes were in Mr Bolton's office?
00:11:54Yeah, that's right.
00:11:55Are the two offices side by side?
00:11:57Oh yeah, bang next door.
00:11:59Well, what happened then?
00:12:00Well, I finished typing out a list of holidays, and I went into his office to give it to him.
00:12:04And what did you see when you got into the defendant's office?
00:12:08I saw him standing behind Jill with his hand down the back of her blouse.
00:12:14Is this the blouse that Miss Hayes was wearing?
00:12:17Well, if it's not, it's one dead like it.
00:12:19I'd like this entered as an exhibit, Your Honour.
00:12:24In fact, it's my only exhibit.
00:12:28About the blouse, Miss Foster, it's a very loose-fitting one, isn't it?
00:12:32Loose?
00:12:33Like a tent.
00:12:34You couldn't tell what anybody was, well, like under it, could you?
00:12:37The neck is loose as well.
00:12:39Yeah, like a tent.
00:12:40So it wouldn't be difficult for anyone to slip their hand down the back of her.
00:12:44Oh, easy as pie.
00:12:45Which is what you say the defendant was doing when you went in?
00:12:48Really, I don't think my learned friend should lead her witness quite like that.
00:12:52Indeed, Mr Dealey, she should not.
00:12:54I apologise, Your Honour.
00:12:58Did the defendant see you come into the office, I mean immediately?
00:13:02I don't know.
00:13:04Did he not say or do anything?
00:13:06No, but Jill did.
00:13:07She sort of ducked her head down and slid off her chair.
00:13:10Onto the floor?
00:13:11Well, no, she was sort of crouched down like.
00:13:13And then she stood up.
00:13:15What was her demeanour?
00:13:17Pardon?
00:13:18What was Miss Hayes' attitude, her condition?
00:13:22She was red in the face.
00:13:23Angry?
00:13:24Well, more upset.
00:13:25Yeah, definitely upset.
00:13:27Why do you say definitely, Miss Foster?
00:13:29Well, Jill wouldn't exactly be enjoying it.
00:13:32Not that.
00:13:33Being meddled with.
00:13:34You're referring to the defendant having his hand down her blouse.
00:13:38And the rest.
00:13:41The rest?
00:13:42Yeah, do you?
00:13:43Really, Your Honour, whatever it is Miss Foster's about to tell us,
00:13:45it can surely only be hearsay or even speculation.
00:13:49Yes, be careful, Miss Tate.
00:13:51I can see the temptation but I can't help feeling that Mr Dealey may be right.
00:13:57Did Miss Hayes say anything to you at this stage in the office?
00:14:00No, she just pelted out.
00:14:02Did Mr Bolton say anything?
00:14:04I'll say he did.
00:14:05What did he say?
00:14:06He said that she was enjoying it till I'd come in.
00:14:08And then he called me a silly bitch.
00:14:11Did you say anything to that?
00:14:13Yeah, I called him a dirty pig.
00:14:15Then what happened?
00:14:16Well, I put the ology list on his desk and walked out myself.
00:14:19And where was Miss Hayes at this time?
00:14:20She was in the outer office.
00:14:22And what was her demeanor?
00:14:24Well, she turned white, like she were ill.
00:14:27How well do you know Miss Hayes?
00:14:30Well enough.
00:14:31Well enough to say that she was extremely distressed when she left the office.
00:14:35Well, what do you expect when she just had her worst fears confirmed?
00:14:39Her worst fears?
00:14:41What worst fears would those be, Miss Foster?
00:14:43Well, Jill always thought men were dirty pigs and now she knows they are.
00:14:49Thank you, Miss Foster.
00:14:50Thank you, Miss Foster.
00:14:51Thank you, Miss Foster.
00:14:55Now, Miss Foster, I wondered if you'd answer me one or two questions, please.
00:15:12I don't mind.
00:15:13When you entered Councillor Bolton's office, what was Miss Hayes's position in relation
00:15:18to the door?
00:15:19Is it facing it?
00:15:20Sideways?
00:15:21Or back to it?
00:15:22Facing it.
00:15:23And where did that put Councillor Bolton?
00:15:24Well, behind her, but more sort of side-on to me.
00:15:27So, Miss Hayes was between you and whatever he was doing with his hand?
00:15:31Yeah, I suppose so.
00:15:32So, how do you know he had his hand down her back then, Miss Hayes?
00:15:35Well, I saw it there, didn't I?
00:15:37Or when she wriggled off her chair.
00:15:38I see.
00:15:40But you didn't actually see his hand until it appeared from behind her.
00:15:44Well, no.
00:15:45So, it could have appeared from anywhere then, couldn't it, Miss Foster?
00:15:48Not from anywhere.
00:15:49It must have come from down her blouse.
00:15:51Why else should she wriggle about if it weren't down her blouse?
00:15:53What I want the jury to be quite sure about, Miss Foster,
00:15:56is that you didn't actually see his hand down her blouse.
00:15:59Well, I couldn't if it were down her blouse, could I?
00:16:02But it couldn't have been anywhere else, could it?
00:16:04Did you see his hand down her blouse?
00:16:06Yes or no, please, Miss Foster?
00:16:09No.
00:16:12Now, about this wriggling you say Miss Hayes did.
00:16:16She was sitting on a typist's chair, wasn't she?
00:16:19Yeah.
00:16:20At this point, Your Honour, I should like to introduce as an exhibit
00:16:23the chair in question.
00:16:29Now, Miss Foster, was that the chair Miss Hayes was sitting on?
00:16:32One like that.
00:16:33Exhibit two, Mr Dealey.
00:16:35I'm obliged, thank you.
00:16:37How much like it?
00:16:38Dead like it.
00:16:40Would you step down and sit in it, please, Miss Foster?
00:16:43Well, it weren't my chair, you know.
00:16:45Please.
00:16:47Is this necessary, Mr Dealey?
00:16:49It is, Your Honour, to establish a fairly vital point
00:16:51about the security, or conversely, the insecurity,
00:16:55of such a chair under certain circumstances.
00:16:59If you'd step down, Miss Foster.
00:17:01Now, Miss Foster, isn't it a fact that the size of that chair
00:17:12allows very little room for manoeuvre?
00:17:14I mean, the slightest assault on your balance would cause you
00:17:17to topple sidewards.
00:17:18I don't know.
00:17:19Well, try.
00:17:20Would you lean sidewards, please?
00:17:21Either way.
00:17:22A little more.
00:17:28Thank you, Miss Foster.
00:17:34Is that all, Mr Dealey?
00:17:36For the moment, yes, Your Honour.
00:17:38Before you return to the witness box, Miss Foster,
00:17:42Miss Tate, have you any comment to make about this chair?
00:17:45Rather than go through the whole business again
00:17:47when you reexamine, as I presume you will want to do.
00:17:50No, Your Honour.
00:17:51I don't see the significance of the demonstration at this stage.
00:17:54No.
00:17:55Very well then, Miss Foster.
00:17:56You may return to the witness box.
00:18:03After Miss Hayes had wriggled away and stood up,
00:18:06you say she left the office.
00:18:08That's right.
00:18:09Red in the face, you said.
00:18:11That's right.
00:18:12Well, couldn't that have been a result of all these, er,
00:18:14contortions you say she was indulging in?
00:18:16She was upset.
00:18:18According to your evidence-in-chief,
00:18:21it was now that the first words were spoken of any kind.
00:18:25That's right.
00:18:26What exactly did Councillor Bolton say to you, Miss Foster?
00:18:29She was enjoying it till you came in, you silly bitch.
00:18:33Is Councillor Bolton in the habit of using words like bitch?
00:18:36No.
00:18:37He doesn't swear?
00:18:38No.
00:18:39He's a clean-spoken man, in fact.
00:18:41Even compared to a lot.
00:18:42Yeah, I suppose he is.
00:18:45Do you use bad language, Miss Foster?
00:18:47Well, who doesn't?
00:18:48Well, you've just said Councillor Bolton doesn't.
00:18:50Well, he definitely called me a bitch.
00:18:53Now, about this phrase,
00:18:55she was enjoying it, etc.
00:18:58Didn't Mr Bolton, in fact, say,
00:19:00I've told Jill she can go home.
00:19:03She's having one of her turns.
00:19:04Oh, he never said that.
00:19:06Well, Miss Hayes does have days when she's not feeling very well,
00:19:08doesn't she?
00:19:09Yeah.
00:19:10Fairly frequently, in fact.
00:19:11I suppose so.
00:19:12Tell me, Miss Foster, do you consider yourself an attractive girl?
00:19:19Well, that's not for me to say, is it?
00:19:22Well, go on, have a go.
00:19:23No, I'm not bad, I suppose.
00:19:25How old are you?
00:19:26Eighteen.
00:19:27Eighteen and attractive.
00:19:29Boyfriends?
00:19:30Of course.
00:19:31Experienced, so far as men are concerned, then, would you say?
00:19:34Well, I'm no mug.
00:19:35You have to know what's what or you're in lumber.
00:19:44Did Councillor Bolton ever impose himself on you?
00:19:47How do you mean impose?
00:19:49Make advances, touch you, put his arm round your waist, etc.
00:19:53No.
00:19:55Eighteen, attractive, experienced,
00:19:57yet he never so much as touched your hand.
00:19:59No.
00:20:00Yet you're saying you saw him with his hand down the back of a girl
00:20:02who, according to her mother, is quiet and reserved.
00:20:05It hardly makes sense, does it, Miss Foster?
00:20:07Well, he knew what he'd have got from me.
00:20:09He's not daft, you know.
00:20:10Well, don't you like men making passes at you, Miss Foster?
00:20:13Not him, I don't.
00:20:14Why, don't you like Councillor Bolton?
00:20:15No.
00:20:17Because he didn't make passes at you, perhaps?
00:20:19Oh, don't be daft.
00:20:20He's old enough to be me dad.
00:20:21Why don't you like him, then?
00:20:22Well, it's just a feeling.
00:20:23You get it about some fellas.
00:20:25And that's why you're telling this court lies about him, is it?
00:20:28Because of a feeling.
00:20:29I'm not telling lies, I'm telling the truth.
00:20:34Gillian Hayes joined the staff after you, didn't she?
00:20:37Yeah.
00:20:38Yet she was, er, engaged for the better job.
00:20:41Well, only because he thought he was onto a good thing with her.
00:20:44You've told the court her shorthand was better.
00:20:47Well, yeah, it is.
00:20:48But that's not the only reason he took her on.
00:20:51Did he tell you that?
00:20:52Oh, don't be daft.
00:20:53Did Miss Hayes?
00:20:54Well, I doubt if she knew.
00:20:55Not at first, anyway.
00:20:56So, what you're alleging is pure conjecture.
00:20:59Another feeling.
00:21:00Look, I'm not often wrong.
00:21:01Not about fellas.
00:21:02And for one thing, he's got clammy hands as Councillor Bolton.
00:21:05Clammy hands.
00:21:07That's always a sign.
00:21:09Thank you, God.
00:21:10Thank you, God.
00:21:12Thank you, God.
00:21:13The case of the Queen versus Bolton
00:21:42will be resumed tomorrow in the Crown Court.
00:22:01The case is continuing at Fullchester Crown Court
00:22:04in which Councillor Edward Bolton,
00:22:07a town councillor, former mayor and secretary
00:22:09of the Fullchester Trades and Labour Council,
00:22:12faces a charge of indecent assault.
00:22:14It is alleged that he assaulted his 18-year-old secretary,
00:22:18Gillian Hayes, at the Trades and Labour Council offices.
00:22:22Evidence that she witnessed the assault
00:22:24has already been given by another member
00:22:26of Councillor Bolton's office staff,
00:22:28Barbara Foster, who is also 18.
00:22:31It is expected that Gillian Hayes
00:22:33will begin her evidence this afternoon.
00:22:36Councillor Bolton pleads not guilty.
00:22:38His wife has been in the packed public seats all morning
00:22:41watching the proceedings.
00:22:42Now, try to speak up, please.
00:23:04It's the jury who have to hear you.
00:23:06What is your full name?
00:23:09Gillian Anne Hayes.
00:23:10And where do you live?
00:23:1218 Shakespeare Avenue.
00:23:13No, you'll really have to do better, Miss Hayes.
00:23:16How old are you, Miss Hayes?
00:23:1818.
00:23:19Yeah.
00:23:20Until July the 14th this year,
00:23:22did you work at the Fullchester Trades and Labour Council offices?
00:23:26Yes.
00:23:27In what capacity?
00:23:28Secretary.
00:23:28Secretary to whom?
00:23:31Councillor Bolton.
00:23:34Did he actually engage you?
00:23:36Yes.
00:23:37What was your salary?
00:23:39Well, I stashed at £12 a week
00:23:41and got a rise after six months.
00:23:43How much of a rise?
00:23:44£2.
00:23:45Well, that was very nice.
00:23:46Did you expect it?
00:23:48No, it was a surprise.
00:23:49Who gave you this rise?
00:23:52Councillor Bolton.
00:23:54Councillor Bolton.
00:23:55Tell me, Miss Hayes,
00:23:57was this your first job?
00:23:59Yes.
00:23:59At 18?
00:24:00I've been at Tech.
00:24:02Technical College.
00:24:03Oh, I see.
00:24:05Do you like your work?
00:24:06Yes.
00:24:07You liked being a secretary?
00:24:08Yes.
00:24:09And you were well paid?
00:24:10Yes.
00:24:12Were there any snags to the job?
00:24:17I asked you, Miss Hayes,
00:24:18were there any snags to the job?
00:24:22Councillor Bolton, speak up.
00:24:24If I can't hear you,
00:24:25the jury certainly can't.
00:24:28Councillor Bolton.
00:24:29That's better.
00:24:30Was a snag?
00:24:31Yes.
00:24:32Why?
00:24:34The way...
00:24:35the way he acted.
00:24:37How did he act?
00:24:39Familiar.
00:24:40In what way was he familiar?
00:24:43He kept touching me.
00:24:44Where?
00:24:46Anywhere.
00:24:46No, please ask your witness
00:24:48to be more specific, Miss Tate.
00:24:50I know she's probably embarrassed,
00:24:51but we do seem to be in a cul-de-sac.
00:24:55Where did the defendant touch you, Miss Hayes?
00:24:57Exactly where?
00:25:00He used to put his hand on my shoulder
00:25:01and round my waist.
00:25:05Once or twice.
00:25:08On my bottom.
00:25:10Where?
00:25:10Do speak up, please, Miss Hayes.
00:25:12You're only prolonging your own discomfort, you know.
00:25:15Can you repeat what you just said, Miss Hayes?
00:25:17Please, Miss Hayes,
00:25:21this is a court of law.
00:25:22We're all people of the world.
00:25:25Could I lead her, Your Honor?
00:25:27No, Miss Tate, certainly not.
00:25:29She's your own witness.
00:25:31Now, listen to me, Miss Hayes.
00:25:34You've told us that the accused
00:25:36touched your shoulder and your waist
00:25:38and you've mentioned a third place.
00:25:42Now, tell me,
00:25:43what was that third place?
00:25:46My bottom.
00:25:47Thank you, Miss Hayes.
00:25:48What did he touch you with?
00:25:53His hand.
00:25:55When?
00:25:56Mostly when I had to pass him.
00:25:57In the office?
00:25:58And outside in the corridor.
00:26:01How often did he do this?
00:26:02A lot.
00:26:04Did you like him doing these things?
00:26:06No, I didn't.
00:26:07Did it upset you?
00:26:08Yes.
00:26:09Did it, in fact,
00:26:10make you miserable?
00:26:11Yes.
00:26:12Did you ever try to stop him?
00:26:16No.
00:26:17Why not?
00:26:19Well, I didn't see how I could without...
00:26:21Without what, Miss Hayes?
00:26:23Without having to give up my job.
00:26:25And apart from these unwelcomed attentions,
00:26:28you liked your job?
00:26:29Yes.
00:26:30Now, I want to ask you about
00:26:32the afternoon of July the 14th.
00:26:35Do you remember that afternoon?
00:26:37Yes.
00:26:38Where were you?
00:26:39Councillor Bolton's office.
00:26:40And what were you doing there?
00:26:43Taking dictation.
00:26:44From the defendant?
00:26:45Yes.
00:26:46How were you taking it?
00:26:47With a pencil.
00:26:51Literal questions beg literal answers, Miss Tate.
00:26:55Indeed, Your Honour.
00:26:57What I meant, Miss Hayes,
00:26:58was were you standing or sitting?
00:27:00Sitting.
00:27:02Ah, yes, that chair.
00:27:03Well, we'll come to that in a moment.
00:27:06Now, where was the chair
00:27:07in relation to the defendant?
00:27:09He was at the side of his desk.
00:27:11And was the defendant sitting at his desk?
00:27:13At the beginning, he was.
00:27:14And did he move at some stage?
00:27:16Yes.
00:27:17Where did he move?
00:27:18He got up and stood behind me.
00:27:19Right, Miss Hayes.
00:27:20Now, you're sitting on that chair
00:27:22taking dictation.
00:27:24The defendant is standing behind you.
00:27:26Then what happened?
00:27:31I suddenly felt him blowing down my back.
00:27:34Blowing?
00:27:34How, Miss Hayes?
00:27:36With his mouth, I suppose.
00:27:37I couldn't see him.
00:27:38How near do you think he was?
00:27:40Oh, really, Your Honour?
00:27:41My learned friend is asking the witness to speculate.
00:27:43I was going to ask if the blowing felt warm
00:27:47or heavy or soft or what...
00:27:49I think that's reasonable, Mr. Dealey.
00:27:52Though I doubt if it's a definite indication
00:27:54of how far away the defendant was.
00:27:56More a question of the strength of his puff,
00:27:58I should have thought.
00:27:59I'm obliged, Your Honour.
00:28:04Was the blowing heavy, light, or what?
00:28:07Light.
00:28:07It tickled.
00:28:09And what did you do?
00:28:11Nothing.
00:28:12You just put up with it?
00:28:14Yes.
00:28:15Did the blowing continue or did it stop?
00:28:17Stopped.
00:28:18Then what?
00:28:20Councillor Bolton said,
00:28:22I bet that tickled.
00:28:24And did you reply?
00:28:25No.
00:28:26Then what?
00:28:27He said,
00:28:29never mind, I'll scratch your back for you.
00:28:32And what were you wearing?
00:28:36Please, Miss Hayes, it's very important.
00:28:39A blouse.
00:28:41That blouse?
00:28:42Yes.
00:28:43Exhibit one, Your Honour.
00:28:46Anything else, Miss Hayes?
00:28:49A bra.
00:28:52She said, a bra, Your Honour.
00:28:55Did you, Miss Hayes?
00:28:58The defendant now has his hand down your back, Miss Hayes.
00:29:03What did he do then?
00:29:05He tried to undo my bra.
00:29:08Did he do anything else?
00:29:12He, uh, rubbed, um, rubbed my shoulder.
00:29:17Did he touch you anywhere else?
00:29:23Now, I know this is particularly upsetting for you, Miss Hayes,
00:29:26but you really must try and tell us.
00:29:29I don't want to say.
00:29:31Please.
00:29:32As I've already told you, Miss Hayes,
00:29:34the longer you take to give your evidence,
00:29:36the longer your ordeal.
00:29:38To, um, expedite matters, Your Honour,
00:29:41and to spare the witness,
00:29:42I have no objections to my learned friend leading,
00:29:46within reason.
00:29:47Thank you, Mr. Dealey.
00:29:48That would assist the court.
00:29:50And the witness.
00:29:52Did he touch you anywhere else, Miss Hayes?
00:29:55Yes.
00:29:55Where?
00:29:59Your breast?
00:30:02Yes.
00:30:06Now,
00:30:08take out your handkerchief
00:30:10and try to compose yourself, Miss Hayes.
00:30:13A handkerchief is a great comfort.
00:30:18I may say you're doing very well.
00:30:21Very well indeed.
00:30:22I think we might try to continue now, Mr. Dealey.
00:30:32I'm obliged, Your Honour.
00:30:35Not much longer now, Miss Hayes.
00:30:39What did you do
00:30:40when the defendant touched your breast?
00:30:43I tried to get away.
00:30:44How?
00:30:45Wriggle away.
00:30:47You didn't accidentally overbalance
00:30:49and fall on the floor, did you?
00:30:50No.
00:30:52I think it might assist the court
00:30:54if Miss Hayes demonstrated how she reacted
00:30:57rather than told us.
00:30:59If you think she's up to it, Miss Tate.
00:31:01Well, we can but try, Your Honour.
00:31:04I wonder if you'd step down, Miss Hayes,
00:31:06and sit on the typist chair there.
00:31:08Do I have to?
00:31:10And I rather think it might be easier for you
00:31:12than answering a lot more questions.
00:31:13Right, Miss Hayes.
00:31:25Now,
00:31:27assume the situation is as it was
00:31:29on July the 14th in the afternoon.
00:31:32You are on the chair,
00:31:33the defendant is behind you,
00:31:35and his hand is down your back.
00:31:37Now, will you show the court
00:31:40just what you did?
00:31:47Thank you, Miss Hayes.
00:31:48That was excellent.
00:31:49Really excellent.
00:32:07You said, Miss Hayes,
00:32:13that you'd worked for Councillor Bolton
00:32:14for six months.
00:32:16Yes.
00:32:17And that during this time
00:32:18you made a number of unwelcome
00:32:20and unsolicited advances towards you.
00:32:22Yes.
00:32:24Yet it never occurred to you
00:32:25to leave the job,
00:32:27resign.
00:32:28I liked it.
00:32:29Yes, but you could have got another job,
00:32:31couldn't you?
00:32:31A trained secretary.
00:32:34Suppose I could.
00:32:35Oh, come now, Miss Hayes.
00:32:36There's no suppose about it, is there?
00:32:39Good secretaries are worth their weight in gold.
00:32:42So why did you persist in a job
00:32:44that was causing you so much distress?
00:32:47Miss Hayes?
00:32:50She said it was, well, usual.
00:32:54Who said?
00:32:55Barbara.
00:32:56Miss Foster?
00:32:57Yes.
00:32:58What was usual?
00:32:59What Councillor Bolton kept doing,
00:33:01messing about.
00:33:02Usual for him?
00:33:03For a man.
00:33:05A boss.
00:33:06So you put up with it
00:33:07because Barbara Foster said it was usual?
00:33:10Yes.
00:33:11For six months?
00:33:12Well, there was no point
00:33:13in getting another job, was there,
00:33:14if the same thing was going to happen?
00:33:16Now, I want you to think very carefully
00:33:18before you answer my next question, Miss Hayes.
00:33:22You're quite sure that you're not imagining
00:33:24this touching an arm round your waist, etc.
00:33:28No.
00:33:28But you were rather expecting it, weren't you?
00:33:31Expecting it?
00:33:32Well, after what Miss Foster had told you.
00:33:34No, I'd mentioned it to her first.
00:33:37She asked me what was wrong with me one day.
00:33:38Yes, but I mean, you're not...
00:33:39He was wrong with you one day, Miss Hayes.
00:33:42Councillor Bolton put his arm round me in the corridor.
00:33:45Yes, yes, I see.
00:33:47I thought we ought to clear that point up, Mr. Dealey.
00:33:49I'm much obliged, Your Honour.
00:33:52As I was saying, Miss Hayes,
00:33:53you're not particularly experienced
00:33:55so far as men are concerned.
00:33:57I don't know what you mean.
00:33:58Well, your mother tells us
00:33:59that you haven't got a boyfriend, for instance.
00:34:01No.
00:34:02Are you afraid of us, Miss Hayes?
00:34:07Us?
00:34:08Men.
00:34:09No, I'm not.
00:34:11Weren't you, in fact, rather afraid
00:34:12of working in such close proximity to a man?
00:34:15To Councillor Bolton?
00:34:17No, not at first I wasn't.
00:34:18But you'd never worked with a man before?
00:34:21No.
00:34:21Tell me, Miss Hayes,
00:34:25how long have your parents been separated?
00:34:27Eight years and five months.
00:34:29So long.
00:34:31And you've lived with your mother ever since?
00:34:33Yes.
00:34:34Just the two of you?
00:34:35Yes.
00:34:35You've got no sisters or brothers?
00:34:37No.
00:34:38An only child, in fact?
00:34:39Yes.
00:34:40My little friend seems to be going to great lengths
00:34:42to state the obvious, Your Honour.
00:34:43Yes, I agree.
00:34:45I just thought her domestic situation
00:34:46needed a little emphasis.
00:34:47That was all, Your Honour.
00:34:48Your mother tells us, Miss Hayes,
00:34:52that she has men friends.
00:34:54A man friend, Your Honour.
00:34:56It was singular, Mr. Dealey.
00:35:00I'm obliged, Your Honour.
00:35:02A man friend.
00:35:03Yes.
00:35:04Do you approve?
00:35:06It's up to her.
00:35:08Would you like to come now
00:35:09to the alleged assault, Miss Hayes?
00:35:12You say,
00:35:14Councillor Bolton first blew down your neck,
00:35:16then he put his hand down your back
00:35:19and then he touched you in various places.
00:35:22Yes.
00:35:22Now, there's a window directly behind
00:35:24where you're sitting in the office, isn't there?
00:35:26Yes.
00:35:27Was it open that afternoon?
00:35:29I don't know.
00:35:30Well, it was the 14th of July
00:35:32on a very warm day.
00:35:33I don't remember.
00:35:34So it's possible that it was open?
00:35:37It could have been.
00:35:38And if it was,
00:35:39a breeze could have been blowing through it.
00:35:40Again, it's possible.
00:35:41Well, yes, but...
00:35:43And you were only wearing that rather
00:35:44loose-necked blouse?
00:35:47Yes.
00:35:49Does Councillor Bolton always dictate
00:35:51while standing up?
00:35:52Not every time.
00:35:53Well, as much as he does
00:35:54while sitting at his desk, then.
00:35:56Yes.
00:35:57See.
00:35:58In fact,
00:35:59it's his favourite position
00:36:00for dictating, isn't it?
00:36:01Standing with one hand
00:36:02on the back of your chair,
00:36:03well,
00:36:04like this.
00:36:06Well, he does do that.
00:36:08I put it to you, Miss Hayes,
00:36:09that this is what he was doing
00:36:10that afternoon,
00:36:10standing like this.
00:36:12He might have been.
00:36:13Well, you've just said
00:36:14he had his hand down your back.
00:36:16Well, he had.
00:36:17Well, which was it, Miss Hayes?
00:36:18Did he have his hand on your chair
00:36:19or down your back?
00:36:20Down my back.
00:36:21You can't have it both ways, you know.
00:36:23I do object to this
00:36:24badgering of the witness, Your Honour.
00:36:26And apart from anything else,
00:36:27we can all see
00:36:27the defendant has two hands.
00:36:29I think you are
00:36:30tending to confuse the witness,
00:36:32Mr. Dealey.
00:36:32Then I shall try
00:36:33to de-confuse her, Your Honour.
00:36:36I put it to you, Miss Hayes,
00:36:37that when Miss Foster
00:36:38walked into your office,
00:36:40Councillor Bolton
00:36:40had one hand on the back
00:36:41of your chair
00:36:42and the other,
00:36:42well, it could have been
00:36:43in his pocket.
00:36:44No.
00:36:44I also put it to you
00:36:45that the hand on the back
00:36:46of the chair
00:36:46could quite accidentally
00:36:47have come into contact
00:36:48with your body
00:36:49so that perhaps
00:36:50you could feel his knuckles.
00:36:51His hand was down my back.
00:36:53And that already being aware
00:36:54of a breeze
00:36:55on the back of your neck,
00:36:56now suddenly feeling
00:36:57his knuckles
00:36:58against the back of your,
00:36:59from the back of your chair
00:37:00against your back,
00:37:02this coupled
00:37:03with Miss Foster's
00:37:04sudden entrance,
00:37:05you were momentarily confused.
00:37:06You lost your balance
00:37:07on that chair
00:37:08and to cover your confusion
00:37:09you ran out of the office.
00:37:10Yes, I did run out of the office.
00:37:12Any girl would have done.
00:37:14Were you ill that day, Miss Foster?
00:37:16No, I wasn't.
00:37:18Nervous?
00:37:19Upset about something?
00:37:21No.
00:37:21Well, it was a warm day.
00:37:23I don't remember.
00:37:24The kind of day
00:37:24when office life
00:37:25tends to become
00:37:25burdensome, irksome.
00:37:28I don't remember.
00:37:30But you do remember
00:37:31my client blowing down your neck
00:37:32and putting his hand
00:37:33down your back,
00:37:34don't you?
00:37:34Yes, I do.
00:37:37Wasn't all imagination, Miss Hayes?
00:37:41Inspired perhaps
00:37:41by Miss Foster's
00:37:42repeated strictures
00:37:43that all men are beasts?
00:37:45No.
00:37:46Just like all your other allegations
00:37:47against Councillor Bolton's behaviour
00:37:49as imagination,
00:37:50springing from the same root cause
00:37:52and exaggerated perhaps
00:37:53by your own inexperience
00:37:54and impressionability?
00:37:56No.
00:37:56Why do you think
00:37:59my client made these advances
00:38:01towards you?
00:38:02I mean, towards you personally?
00:38:05I don't know.
00:38:07He never touched Miss Foster,
00:38:09did he?
00:38:10And you'll agree
00:38:10she's an extremely
00:38:11attractive girl.
00:38:16Wouldn't you agree, Miss Hayes?
00:38:20She's a bit obvious.
00:38:22Oh.
00:38:23You don't like Miss Foster?
00:38:25Not very much.
00:38:26You don't seem to like
00:38:29many people, do you, Miss Hayes?
00:38:33Why don't you like Miss Foster?
00:38:37She's always on about men and...
00:38:40Men and what?
00:38:42Men and sex.
00:38:43And you don't like that, either?
00:38:45Well, there's other things besides.
00:38:48Is there any other reason
00:38:49why you don't like Miss Foster?
00:38:52Is there, Miss Hayes?
00:38:54It's because of her I'm here, isn't it?
00:38:55Now, why is it because of her?
00:38:58Well, it was her who told me
00:38:59to make sure I told somebody
00:39:00if Councillor Bolton did anything serious.
00:39:02Now, why do you think
00:39:03she'd tell you to do a thing like that?
00:39:05I don't know.
00:39:06I wish I'd never listened to her.
00:39:07I didn't want to come here.
00:39:09And who did you tell?
00:39:11My mother.
00:39:11Who persuaded you to go to the police?
00:39:14Yes.
00:39:14Why didn't you go straight
00:39:15to the police yourself, Miss Hayes?
00:39:17I didn't think to.
00:39:19According to you,
00:39:20you'd been upset and assaulted.
00:39:22Yes.
00:39:22Yet it never occurred to you
00:39:23to go to the police?
00:39:25No.
00:39:26It occurred to your mother, though,
00:39:27didn't it?
00:39:28Yes, it did.
00:39:29In fact, she persuaded you to go.
00:39:31She kept on at me, didn't she?
00:39:33Are you only here because of your mother?
00:39:35She said I had to
00:39:36because men like that should be stopped.
00:39:37I didn't want to come here,
00:39:38but now I am.
00:39:39I'm telling the truth.
00:39:40Do you know what it really means
00:39:43to Councillor Bolton
00:39:44to be in that dock today, Miss Hayes?
00:39:48Might go to prison, I suppose?
00:39:50I wasn't thinking that far ahead.
00:39:53His public life,
00:39:54his marriage,
00:39:55his career,
00:39:56and as my learned friend
00:39:57has already pointed out,
00:39:58what is most important of all to him,
00:40:00his reputation is at stake.
00:40:02To some people,
00:40:02it is already tarnished.
00:40:04Your allegation,
00:40:06and it is yours
00:40:07and yours alone,
00:40:08says in effect
00:40:09that this respected
00:40:10public figure
00:40:11is a hollow sham.
00:40:14Do you still say
00:40:15he indecently assaulted you,
00:40:17Miss Hayes?
00:40:18Yes.
00:40:18And it's not a figment
00:40:19of immature imagination?
00:40:21No.
00:40:21You're very, very sure?
00:40:23I'm sure.
00:40:24He messed with me
00:40:25and he knows very well he did.
00:40:27He messed with me
00:40:27for six months.
00:40:31Thank you, Miss Hayes.
00:40:34You may stand down, Miss Hayes.
00:40:37That concludes the case
00:40:38for the prosecution,
00:40:39Your Honour.
00:40:40My only witness
00:40:44as to the facts
00:40:44of the alleged complaint,
00:40:46Your Honour,
00:40:46is Councillor Bolton himself,
00:40:48but I should like first
00:40:49to call a council colleague of his,
00:40:51Miss Agnes Baker.
00:40:52Call Agnes Baker.
00:40:55Miss Agnes Baker, please.
00:40:56What is your full name, please?
00:41:11Agnes Baker.
00:41:12I swear by my mighty God,
00:41:15the evidence I shall give
00:41:16shall be the truth,
00:41:17the whole truth,
00:41:18and nothing but the truth.
00:41:21What is your full name, please?
00:41:23Agnes Baker.
00:41:24And where do you live?
00:41:25Cropped Cottage,
00:41:25Manchester Road,
00:41:26Fulchester.
00:41:27And what is your occupation?
00:41:28I work for an insurance broker.
00:41:30And you're a council colleague
00:41:31of Councillor Bolton,
00:41:32I believe.
00:41:33For 15 years,
00:41:34I have been.
00:41:34And you occupy an office
00:41:36in the same building
00:41:36where his office is situated?
00:41:38For eight years.
00:41:39On the same floor?
00:41:40The floor above.
00:41:41Where were you on the afternoon
00:41:43of July the 14th, please?
00:41:45In my own office.
00:41:46Did you see Councillor Bolton
00:41:47on that afternoon?
00:41:48Not in the afternoon.
00:41:50I saw him that night.
00:41:51Did you see Miss Hayes
00:41:52on that afternoon?
00:41:53No.
00:41:54Do you know her?
00:41:55Oh, yes.
00:41:56I'm a member of the Trades
00:41:57and Labour Council.
00:41:58Would she have known
00:41:59that you were in your office
00:42:00that afternoon?
00:42:01Oh, presumably.
00:42:02I'm usually there.
00:42:04Si.
00:42:05Now, did you see
00:42:06or hear anything untoward?
00:42:08No.
00:42:11Had Miss Hayes
00:42:12ever complained to you
00:42:13about Councillor Bolton's
00:42:15conduct before?
00:42:16Never.
00:42:16Did you know
00:42:17any of his previous secretaries?
00:42:19All five.
00:42:20Did they ever complain
00:42:21about his conduct?
00:42:22None of them.
00:42:25Now, you say that you
00:42:26saw Councillor Bolton
00:42:28that night?
00:42:29At the town hall.
00:42:30There was a committee meeting.
00:42:31Did he mention
00:42:32the events of the afternoon
00:42:33to you?
00:42:34Yes.
00:42:35What did he say?
00:42:36He said he'd had to dismiss
00:42:37Barbara Foster
00:42:38for insolence.
00:42:39Oh, he didn't mention
00:42:40Miss Hayes at all, then?
00:42:42No.
00:42:44When did you first hear
00:42:45that she was involved?
00:42:47Oh, the end of that week.
00:42:49Somebody told me
00:42:50the police had been called in.
00:42:52I see.
00:42:52You say that you've known
00:42:53Councillor Bolton
00:42:54for 15 years.
00:42:56Longer.
00:42:57What is his character, please?
00:42:59Impeccable.
00:43:00His record speaks for itself,
00:43:02doesn't it?
00:43:03Indeed it does.
00:43:04Thank you, Miss Baker.
00:43:05You say the defendant
00:43:10didn't mention
00:43:11Miss Hayes was concerned
00:43:12in this business
00:43:13with Barbara Foster.
00:43:14Not until after
00:43:15he'd been charged.
00:43:16Now, why was that,
00:43:17do you think?
00:43:18I mean, you're a colleague
00:43:19and a friend.
00:43:21Perhaps he didn't think
00:43:22it was important.
00:43:24Not important?
00:43:25But he'd just been accused
00:43:27of indecent assault, Miss Baker.
00:43:28Not then he hadn't.
00:43:30He'd certainly been called
00:43:31a dirty pig.
00:43:31Now, wouldn't you have
00:43:34expected him to come
00:43:35to you immediately?
00:43:37A fellow councillor?
00:43:39A member of the organisation
00:43:41of which he was secretary?
00:43:43Well, he dealt with it himself.
00:43:45Something as crucial
00:43:47and embarrassing as this?
00:43:49He's that kind of man.
00:43:51Well, apart from
00:43:52your public friendship,
00:43:53do you know the defendant
00:43:54socially, privately?
00:43:57Yes.
00:43:59Would you say
00:44:00Councillor Bolton
00:44:01was fond of the ladies,
00:44:03Miss Baker?
00:44:05Not more than any man is.
00:44:07No.
00:44:08Neither is he a saint.
00:44:10He's as near as you'll get
00:44:11to one on this earth.
00:44:13Really?
00:44:18Thank you, Miss Baker.
00:44:20You may stand down.
00:44:20Oh, Ooh,
00:44:28Oh,
00:44:31oh.
00:44:41Oh,
00:44:43Oh,
00:44:44Oh,
00:44:44Oh,
00:44:45Oh,
00:44:48The case of the Queen versus Bolton
00:44:56will be resumed tomorrow in the Crown Court.
00:45:14The case of the Queen versus Bolton
00:45:17in which Councillor Edward Bolton,
00:45:19a town councillor and former mayor,
00:45:21is accused by his secretary of indecent assault,
00:45:24should finish today.
00:45:26Yesterday, the secretary, Gillian Hayes, who is 18,
00:45:29denied that the alleged assault
00:45:31was a figment of her immature imagination.
00:45:35She told the court that Councillor Bolton
00:45:37first blew on her neck
00:45:38and then put his hand down the back of her blouse.
00:45:42Councillor Bolton himself is expected to go
00:45:44into the witness box this morning
00:45:46to give his account of the incident.
00:45:49In court yesterday was his wife, Mrs Edith Bolton.
00:45:52What is your full name, please?
00:46:09Edward James Bolton.
00:46:11Where do you live?
00:46:1218 Rosewood Drive, Fulchester.
00:46:15And you're a town councillor, Mr Bolton?
00:46:17I am.
00:46:17And a former mayor of this borough?
00:46:19I am.
00:46:20Can you cast your mind back, please,
00:46:22to the afternoon of the 14th of July this year?
00:46:25Yes.
00:46:26What were you doing?
00:46:28I was dictating a letter to my secretary.
00:46:31Gillian Hayes?
00:46:32Yes.
00:46:33Were you seated?
00:46:34No.
00:46:35I find it easier dictating if I'm walking about.
00:46:38I seem to be able to think much better.
00:46:40Did you walk about on this occasion?
00:46:42Walked about.
00:46:43Stood about.
00:46:45Where exactly did you stand?
00:46:47Well, at some stage,
00:46:49I must have stood behind her chair.
00:46:51But you don't have a firm recollection
00:46:52of ever standing behind a chair?
00:46:54No.
00:46:55Well, you see,
00:46:56I was busy thinking about this letter
00:46:58I was trying to dictate.
00:47:00I'm not very clever.
00:47:01Who was the letter to, by the way?
00:47:03An old lady in my ward,
00:47:05a Mrs Bennet.
00:47:06She'd been complaining about having rats in her house.
00:47:09And you'd been looking into her problems?
00:47:11Of course.
00:47:12One of the many problems
00:47:13that you investigate on behalf
00:47:14of the citizens of Fulchester every year.
00:47:16I look into hundreds every year.
00:47:19That many.
00:47:21So,
00:47:22you are standing
00:47:24and dictating to your secretary,
00:47:26Councillor Bolton.
00:47:28How exactly were you standing?
00:47:31Well, I think at some stage
00:47:33I must have put my hand
00:47:35on the back of her chair.
00:47:36I sometimes do.
00:47:37But that's not just on Miss Hayes' chair, is it?
00:47:40Oh, no, I have other secretaries than Gillian.
00:47:43How many more?
00:47:44Five, all told.
00:47:46Any of them ever complained
00:47:47of your conduct, Councillor Bolton?
00:47:48Not one.
00:47:50Why did they leave your employment?
00:47:52Most of them to get married.
00:47:55Now, regarding this habit of yours
00:47:57of resting your hand
00:47:58on the back of your secretary's chair,
00:48:00is it a habit,
00:48:01or do you do it for any...
00:48:02Of a bad back.
00:48:04A slipped disc,
00:48:05or at least that's what they call
00:48:06a bad back these days.
00:48:08I do it to give myself
00:48:09a bit of a rest.
00:48:11Think carefully before you answer
00:48:12my next question, Councillor.
00:48:14Did you rest your hand
00:48:16on the back of Miss Hayes' chair
00:48:17on the afternoon of July the 14th?
00:48:20Well, I think I must have,
00:48:21at some stage...
00:48:23It's the only explanation
00:48:24I can think of
00:48:25for her saying my hand was down her back.
00:48:27When, in fact,
00:48:27it was merely resting
00:48:28on the back of the chair
00:48:29and probably in accidental contact
00:48:31with her body.
00:48:32I protest, Your Honour.
00:48:33My learned friend
00:48:34is doing exactly
00:48:35what he accused me of doing,
00:48:37leading his own witness.
00:48:38I rather think
00:48:39the charge is justified,
00:48:40Mr. Dealey.
00:48:42What happened
00:48:43when Miss Foster
00:48:44came into the office, Councillor?
00:48:46She acted sort of startled.
00:48:48Half fell off a chair
00:48:49and rushed out of the office.
00:48:50She half fell off a chair,
00:48:52which we've already seen
00:48:53is not particularly difficult
00:48:54for someone sitting cross-legged
00:48:55on that particular chair.
00:48:57Were her legs crossed?
00:48:59I think they must have been.
00:49:01It was her way of sitting
00:49:02while she took a letter.
00:49:04What was your impression
00:49:05of Miss Hayes
00:49:06while she was under
00:49:07your employment, Councillor?
00:49:08I mean, what sort of a girl
00:49:09did she seem to you?
00:49:11Timid,
00:49:12easily upset
00:49:13and not in very good health, either.
00:49:15Did she take time off
00:49:16for health reasons?
00:49:17Odd days.
00:49:19Now, you heard her complain
00:49:20that you made
00:49:21one or two unwelcome gestures
00:49:23towards her
00:49:23while she was in your employment.
00:49:24Miss Hayes was more
00:49:25definite than that, Your Honour.
00:49:27She said the defendant
00:49:28made a lot of unwelcome gestures.
00:49:31if gestures is the word.
00:49:34I'm obliged,
00:49:35my learned friend.
00:49:36Now, about the allegations
00:49:38she's made
00:49:38about you putting
00:49:39your arm around her waist.
00:49:40Now, this would be
00:49:41a little more deliberate,
00:49:42wouldn't it?
00:49:43Well, I might have done
00:49:45once or twice,
00:49:46but only in friendliness.
00:49:49I'm that sort of chap.
00:49:50I'm friendly with everybody.
00:49:51A genial man.
00:49:52That's right.
00:49:53And as you've said,
00:49:54a town councillor
00:49:55and former mayor.
00:49:56Yes.
00:49:57An official of your church?
00:49:58I am.
00:49:58A religious man, in fact.
00:50:00Brought up to it.
00:50:01And secretary of the, uh...
00:50:02What exactly is
00:50:03the Trades and Labour Council?
00:50:05Well, it's made up
00:50:06of representatives
00:50:07of the trades unions
00:50:08and other such-like organisations.
00:50:11And all these positions
00:50:12of yours are highly social?
00:50:13Highly.
00:50:14So you could hardly afford
00:50:15to be a misanthrope, then,
00:50:16could you?
00:50:17Come again?
00:50:18A hater of your fellow man?
00:50:20I wouldn't last long
00:50:22if I were.
00:50:23Indeed you wouldn't,
00:50:24Mr Bolton.
00:50:25So you say that
00:50:26if you touched
00:50:27or annoyed Miss Hayes
00:50:28in any way,
00:50:29you did so unwittingly?
00:50:30Absolutely.
00:50:31And, of course,
00:50:31we've heard that
00:50:31the second member
00:50:32of your staff
00:50:33had no reason
00:50:34for complaint.
00:50:34That's quite right.
00:50:36Miss Foster did say,
00:50:37however,
00:50:37that after Miss Hayes
00:50:39had left the office,
00:50:41you said to her
00:50:42she was enjoying it
00:50:44until you came in,
00:50:45you silly bitch.
00:50:46Did you say that?
00:50:48No.
00:50:49Do you remember
00:50:50what you did say?
00:50:52It was something like,
00:50:53Gillian's had
00:50:54one of her turns,
00:50:55so I've told her
00:50:56she can go home.
00:50:57Had Miss Hayes
00:50:58said she was having
00:50:59one of her turns?
00:51:00No, she hadn't.
00:51:02So, um,
00:51:03why did you tell
00:51:03Miss Foster
00:51:04that she had?
00:51:05I did it
00:51:06to protect Gillian.
00:51:07She looked so daft
00:51:08rushing out like that.
00:51:10Did Miss Foster
00:51:10say anything to you?
00:51:13She called me
00:51:14a dirty sod.
00:51:16Not a dirty pig?
00:51:18A dirty sod.
00:51:19Miss Foster
00:51:19in the habit
00:51:20of using bad language?
00:51:21Well,
00:51:22she's that sort of lass,
00:51:23isn't she?
00:51:24Modern.
00:51:25What was your reaction
00:51:26when she'd accused you
00:51:27like this?
00:51:28I was flabbergasted.
00:51:30Did you do anything?
00:51:31I told her she could
00:51:32pack up and get out.
00:51:33She was fired.
00:51:34I see.
00:51:36Do you know
00:51:37the complainant's mother,
00:51:38Mrs Hayes?
00:51:39I know of her.
00:51:40Because of the dispute
00:51:41with the local council
00:51:43about her lodger?
00:51:44Yes.
00:51:45Rather an acrimonious
00:51:46dispute, wasn't it?
00:51:47Very.
00:51:48So why did you
00:51:49employ her daughter
00:51:49after you'd been involved
00:51:51in a dispute
00:51:51with her mother?
00:51:52It was rather
00:51:53inviting trouble,
00:51:54wasn't it?
00:51:55Gillian's qualifications
00:51:57were first class
00:51:58and that's all
00:51:58that concerned me.
00:52:00Besides,
00:52:02she seemed
00:52:03a nice girl.
00:52:04A very nice girl.
00:52:06So,
00:52:07let's get it
00:52:08quite straight
00:52:08what you're telling
00:52:09the jury,
00:52:09Councillor Bolton.
00:52:10You say
00:52:11that you never
00:52:12put your hand
00:52:13down Miss Hayes' blouse?
00:52:14Never.
00:52:15That you never
00:52:16touched her shoulder?
00:52:17Never.
00:52:17That you never
00:52:18attempted to undo
00:52:19her brasier?
00:52:19No.
00:52:20And that you did
00:52:21not fondle her breast?
00:52:22No, never.
00:52:23Thank you,
00:52:24Councillor Bolton.
00:52:27What you are,
00:52:28in fact,
00:52:28saying is that
00:52:28all the allegations
00:52:29Miss Hayes has made
00:52:30are lies.
00:52:32Either that
00:52:33or she's imagined them.
00:52:34How old are you,
00:52:39Mr Bolton?
00:52:40Fifty.
00:52:41An active,
00:52:42virile man
00:52:43for your age,
00:52:43would you say?
00:52:45I'm fit enough.
00:52:46I have to be.
00:52:47Are you married?
00:52:48Yes.
00:52:49Live with your wife?
00:52:50Of course I do.
00:52:51What is my learned friend
00:52:52hoping to achieve
00:52:53with this line
00:52:53of questioning,
00:52:54Your Honour?
00:52:54I am merely trying
00:52:55to fill in
00:52:55the background of the man.
00:52:57Don't spend too long
00:52:58over it,
00:52:59Miss Tate.
00:52:59I won't,
00:53:00Your Honour.
00:53:01Is your married life
00:53:02happy?
00:53:03Perfectly happy.
00:53:05Now,
00:53:06would you tell us again
00:53:07why you think
00:53:07Miss Hayes
00:53:08left your office
00:53:09with such alacrity?
00:53:11Ran out,
00:53:12I think your words were.
00:53:15Well, yes,
00:53:15I've thought about it
00:53:16a lot.
00:53:17And your conclusions?
00:53:19Well,
00:53:20the only explanation
00:53:21I've come to
00:53:21is Barbara
00:53:23bursting in like that,
00:53:24upset Gillian,
00:53:25you know,
00:53:25made her jump.
00:53:26So you think
00:53:27Miss Hayes
00:53:28was merely startled
00:53:29by Miss Foster.
00:53:31I don't think
00:53:32my client is saying
00:53:32that was the sole reason
00:53:34for Miss Hayes's
00:53:34sudden departure,
00:53:35Your Honour.
00:53:35Well,
00:53:36what are you saying,
00:53:37Mr Bolton?
00:53:40Mr Bolton.
00:53:43Oh,
00:53:44that ye must have imagined
00:53:45I was meddling with you
00:53:46because my hand
00:53:47was on the back
00:53:47of her chair.
00:53:48Which is a habit of yours,
00:53:49resting your hand
00:53:50on the back
00:53:50of your secretary's chair?
00:53:52Yes.
00:53:52In order to rest
00:53:53your bad back?
00:53:54Yes.
00:53:54You don't seem
00:53:55to have rested
00:53:55your bad back
00:53:56while standing
00:53:57in the witness box.
00:53:58It's not so bad
00:53:59today.
00:54:01I see.
00:54:06Had Miss Hayes
00:54:07ever ran red-faced
00:54:08and agitated
00:54:09from your office before?
00:54:10No.
00:54:12A good secretary,
00:54:13was she?
00:54:13Very.
00:54:14Good shorthand?
00:54:15Excellent.
00:54:16Very efficient,
00:54:17in fact.
00:54:18First class.
00:54:19And you're saying
00:54:19this ideal secretary
00:54:20shot out of your office
00:54:22like a startled rabbit
00:54:23because somebody entered?
00:54:25A colleague,
00:54:25a familiar face.
00:54:26Is that what you're
00:54:27telling me?
00:54:28Is that what you
00:54:29expect the jury
00:54:30to believe?
00:54:31What other reason
00:54:32could she have had?
00:54:33The reason she
00:54:34told the court,
00:54:35Mr. Bolton,
00:54:36that after annoying
00:54:38her for several months,
00:54:39you finally went
00:54:40too far on that
00:54:40particular afternoon.
00:54:42Now, maybe it began
00:54:44as an innocent diversion,
00:54:45blowing on her
00:54:47exposed neck.
00:54:49But it very soon
00:54:50changed into something
00:54:51quite different.
00:54:53An indefensible
00:54:54and indecent assault
00:54:55upon her person
00:54:56by somebody
00:54:56who ought to have
00:54:57known better.
00:54:58Not true.
00:54:59Now, you are also
00:55:00saying that Miss Foster
00:55:01is lying as well
00:55:02as Miss Hayes.
00:55:04Mistaken.
00:55:04Not lying.
00:55:06Mistaken about both
00:55:06what she saw
00:55:07and what you said
00:55:08to her?
00:55:09Yes.
00:55:14Are you a ladies'
00:55:15man, Mr. Bolton?
00:55:16I'm not sure
00:55:18what that means.
00:55:20Are you a womanizer?
00:55:22Do you like
00:55:23the opposite sex?
00:55:26That's two questions,
00:55:27isn't it?
00:55:28Then please answer
00:55:29both of them.
00:55:31I like women.
00:55:33What normal man doesn't.
00:55:35But I'm no womanizer.
00:55:36I suggest you are,
00:55:38Mr. Bolton,
00:55:39and that you waste
00:55:40no opportunity
00:55:41to indulge yourself,
00:55:42especially if your victim
00:55:44is as inexperienced
00:55:45and timid
00:55:46as Miss Hayes was.
00:55:47Not true.
00:55:50Now, your counsel
00:55:51mentioned the dispute
00:55:52with Mrs. Hayes.
00:55:55Isn't it rather remarkable
00:55:56that you should
00:55:57employ her daughter?
00:55:59I've told you
00:56:00why I did it.
00:56:01Gilligan's qualifications
00:56:02were first class.
00:56:04Not because she was
00:56:05so obviously
00:56:06unsophisticated
00:56:07and naive, then.
00:56:09Fair game,
00:56:10in other words.
00:56:10I mean,
00:56:11we all know
00:56:11that you stood
00:56:12to gain very little
00:56:13from your other
00:56:13female employer,
00:56:14Miss Barbara Foster.
00:56:15Oh, that's ridiculous.
00:56:16Did you employ
00:56:17Miss Foster, by the way,
00:56:18as you did Miss Hayes?
00:56:20It was done
00:56:20while I was away.
00:56:21I see.
00:56:23The fact is,
00:56:24Mr. Bolton,
00:56:25that everything
00:56:25these two young girls
00:56:27have told the court
00:56:28is true.
00:56:29Definitely
00:56:30not true.
00:56:31Well,
00:56:32why should they lie?
00:56:33I have no idea.
00:56:34idea.
00:56:35It's very simple,
00:56:36Mr. Bolton.
00:56:38They are telling
00:56:39the truth
00:56:40and you
00:56:41are lying.
00:56:47That concludes
00:56:48the case for the
00:56:49defence,
00:56:49Your Honour.
00:56:50Thank you,
00:56:51Councillor Bolton.
00:56:52Would you return
00:56:53to the dock?
00:56:56Now,
00:56:57it looks as though
00:56:57we might be able
00:56:58to conclude
00:56:59our part of the
00:56:59proceedings
00:57:00by lunchtime.
00:57:01Yes,
00:57:16Miss Tate?
00:57:23Members of the jury,
00:57:26ask yourselves
00:57:28the questions
00:57:28I ask the defendant.
00:57:32Why should
00:57:33these two young girls
00:57:34lie?
00:57:36Now,
00:57:36this is not
00:57:37the classic
00:57:38indecency case
00:57:39of a girl
00:57:40allowing herself
00:57:41to be picked up,
00:57:43regretting it,
00:57:44and then resorting
00:57:45to wild accutations
00:57:46in order to
00:57:47keep her reputation.
00:57:50Nor is it the case
00:57:51of a girl
00:57:52spurned
00:57:53and doing anything
00:57:54in order to get
00:57:55her own back.
00:57:58Miss Hayes
00:57:58was a quiet,
00:58:00efficient secretary
00:58:01who had endured
00:58:03months of torment
00:58:05before she finally
00:58:06decided that she
00:58:07had had enough
00:58:08and brought this
00:58:10complaint.
00:58:12Now,
00:58:13she has been subjected
00:58:14to prolonged
00:58:15and intense
00:58:16cross-examination,
00:58:17but not once
00:58:18did she falter
00:58:19in her assertion
00:58:21that what she says
00:58:22took place
00:58:23did in fact
00:58:24take place.
00:58:26Now,
00:58:28as for the
00:58:28defendant's
00:58:29undoubted
00:58:30public service
00:58:30and reputation,
00:58:31that is
00:58:32completely irrelevant.
00:58:34He is not
00:58:35being tried
00:58:35for his activities
00:58:36as a mayor
00:58:37and a councillor,
00:58:39but for his
00:58:40activities
00:58:41with a young
00:58:42and patently
00:58:44innocent
00:58:45girl.
00:58:47And I ask
00:58:48you members
00:58:49of the jury
00:58:49to find
00:58:51this case
00:58:52proved.
00:58:52Yes,
00:58:58Mr.
00:58:58Dealey?
00:59:04Members
00:59:05of the jury,
00:59:06plainly,
00:59:07there is a
00:59:07direct
00:59:08contradiction
00:59:08of evidence
00:59:09in this case.
00:59:11Miss Hayes
00:59:11said my client
00:59:13assaulted her
00:59:14and my client
00:59:15says he did not.
00:59:16It's as simple
00:59:17as that.
00:59:19So how do you
00:59:20decide who is
00:59:21telling the truth?
00:59:22Now,
00:59:23I suggest
00:59:24members of the jury
00:59:25that when you
00:59:25examine the evidence,
00:59:27you must also
00:59:28examine those
00:59:28who gave it.
00:59:31Now,
00:59:31let's take
00:59:31the prosecution
00:59:32witnesses first.
00:59:35There was
00:59:35Mrs. Hayes,
00:59:36the complainant's
00:59:37mother,
00:59:38who took her
00:59:39daughter to the
00:59:39police station
00:59:40sharpish.
00:59:43Now,
00:59:43you will remember
00:59:44that she had
00:59:44recently lost
00:59:45a dispute
00:59:46with Councillor
00:59:47Bolton's
00:59:47housing committee.
00:59:49Now,
00:59:49this could be
00:59:50reason enough
00:59:50for her
00:59:51seemingly hasty
00:59:52action.
00:59:54Next,
00:59:55there was
00:59:55Miss Foster,
00:59:56the complainant's
00:59:56office colleague,
00:59:58a lively,
00:59:59attractive girl,
01:00:00but also one
01:00:00who told you
01:00:01that she did not
01:00:02like Councillor
01:00:03Bolton.
01:00:04And I suggest
01:00:05the reasons
01:00:06are not difficult
01:00:06to see.
01:00:09She had worked
01:00:09at the office
01:00:10longer than
01:00:11Miss Hayes,
01:00:12yet Miss Hayes
01:00:12was engaged
01:00:13for the better
01:00:13job.
01:00:15And secondly,
01:00:16and just as
01:00:17significantly,
01:00:19Councillor
01:00:19Bolton was
01:00:20oblivious to
01:00:21her obvious
01:00:21charms.
01:00:23According to
01:00:23her,
01:00:24he never so
01:00:25much as
01:00:25patted her
01:00:25on the
01:00:26shoulder.
01:00:27Now,
01:00:27this could
01:00:27have niggled
01:00:28her,
01:00:28albeit
01:00:29unconsciously.
01:00:31She also
01:00:32admits that
01:00:33she never
01:00:34actually saw
01:00:35my client's
01:00:35hand down
01:00:36Miss Hayes'
01:00:37back.
01:00:38She only saw
01:00:40it when it
01:00:40appeared from
01:00:41behind him.
01:00:41So in
01:00:44the light
01:00:44of this,
01:00:46and in
01:00:46the light
01:00:46of her
01:00:46rather frosty
01:00:47relationship
01:00:48with my
01:00:48client,
01:00:49isn't it
01:00:50possible that
01:00:50she's jumped
01:00:50to all the
01:00:51wrong conclusions?
01:00:53The
01:00:54prosecution's
01:00:54third witness
01:00:55was, of
01:00:56course,
01:00:57Miss Hayes
01:00:57herself.
01:00:59Now,
01:00:59everyone seems
01:01:00to agree that
01:01:00she's a highly
01:01:01efficient secretary,
01:01:02and I've no
01:01:03doubt she's an
01:01:03extremely nice
01:01:04girl.
01:01:05But I do
01:01:06suggest there
01:01:07are certain
01:01:07flaws in her
01:01:08makeup which
01:01:10are very
01:01:10important to
01:01:11this case.
01:01:11according to
01:01:14her mother,
01:01:16she is quiet
01:01:16and reserved,
01:01:18and has had
01:01:18very little,
01:01:19if any,
01:01:20experience of
01:01:20men, and in
01:01:21fact, tends to
01:01:23be rather
01:01:23frightened and
01:01:24suspicious of
01:01:24them.
01:01:25And according
01:01:25to my client
01:01:26who backs
01:01:26this up,
01:01:28she's timid
01:01:28and very easily
01:01:30upset.
01:01:31And as I
01:01:31said at the
01:01:32outset, ladies
01:01:32and gentlemen,
01:01:33it is all a
01:01:34question of
01:01:35credibility.
01:01:36The credibility
01:01:37of a young,
01:01:39inexperienced,
01:01:40impressionable
01:01:41girl, and a
01:01:43man, a
01:01:44mature man,
01:01:46of immense
01:01:46achievement and
01:01:47reputation.
01:01:49Not once in
01:01:50twenty-five years
01:01:52has the finger of
01:01:53suspicion ever been
01:01:54pointed at my
01:01:55client.
01:01:56Not once.
01:01:58Now, we all know
01:01:59there's a proverb,
01:02:00there is no smoke
01:02:01without fire.
01:02:02And it is on the
01:02:03basis of this
01:02:04often cruel proverb
01:02:05that Councillor
01:02:07Bolton now stands
01:02:08condemned by many
01:02:09people.
01:02:11I ask you not to
01:02:12add to his
01:02:13misfortune by
01:02:15bringing in a
01:02:16verdict of
01:02:17guilty.
01:02:18And on the
01:02:19evidence, to
01:02:20bring in a
01:02:21verdict of not
01:02:22guilty.
01:02:22members of the
01:02:29jury, the
01:02:32defendant is
01:02:32charged with
01:02:34an indecent
01:02:35assault upon
01:02:36Miss Hayes
01:02:37contrary to
01:02:38section 14 of
01:02:40the Sexual
01:02:41Offences Act.
01:02:42It is alleged
01:02:43that he put his
01:02:44hand on her
01:02:45back inside her
01:02:46blouse and that
01:02:48indeed he touched
01:02:49her breast.
01:02:50Now, in such a
01:02:53case, the law
01:02:54specifies that
01:02:55there must be
01:02:56some handling
01:02:57which is indecent
01:02:58together with
01:02:59an indecent
01:02:59motive.
01:03:01Thus, a man
01:03:02who touches the
01:03:03breast of a
01:03:03woman by accident
01:03:04because he is
01:03:05jolted in a
01:03:06crowd is not
01:03:08committing an
01:03:09indecent assault.
01:03:10But no
01:03:11innocent motive
01:03:12has been or
01:03:13indeed can be
01:03:15suggested in a
01:03:15case like this.
01:03:17And although
01:03:17this is a matter
01:03:18for you to
01:03:19decide, you
01:03:20may think that
01:03:21if Miss Hayes'
01:03:22story is true
01:03:23then you
01:03:25should convict.
01:03:27But is Miss
01:03:28Hayes' story
01:03:28true?
01:03:30That's the
01:03:31question you
01:03:31have to ask.
01:03:34You must remember
01:03:34that the
01:03:35prosecution must
01:03:36prove its case
01:03:37beyond all
01:03:37reasonable doubt
01:03:38and that if you
01:03:40have any doubt
01:03:41as to the truth
01:03:42of Miss Hayes'
01:03:43story, then you
01:03:44must acquit the
01:03:45defendant.
01:03:45Now, it's
01:03:49difficult to
01:03:49see any
01:03:50motive, any
01:03:52reason why
01:03:55Miss Hayes
01:03:57should invent
01:03:58her story and
01:03:59indeed I do not
01:04:00think that Mr.
01:04:01Dealey really does
01:04:03suggest that she
01:04:03is deliberately
01:04:04telling an
01:04:04untrue story about
01:04:06the afternoon of
01:04:07the alleged
01:04:08assault.
01:04:09What has been
01:04:10suggested is that
01:04:11Miss Hayes, her
01:04:14innocent imagination
01:04:16perhaps fired by
01:04:18Miss Foster's
01:04:19repeated warnings
01:04:20about bosses,
01:04:24was under a
01:04:25delusion about
01:04:27what actually
01:04:27happened.
01:04:29There is, you
01:04:29may think, no
01:04:30corroboration for
01:04:32Miss Hayes'
01:04:33evidence.
01:04:34Indeed, Miss
01:04:35Foster admitted in
01:04:37the end that she
01:04:39could not say that
01:04:40she actually saw
01:04:41the defendant's
01:04:42hand inside Miss
01:04:44Hayes' blouse.
01:04:45So the question
01:04:46you may think is
01:04:47did the defendant,
01:04:49as he says,
01:04:50simply put his
01:04:51hand on the
01:04:52back of Miss
01:04:53Hayes' chair and
01:04:54touch her by
01:04:55accident?
01:04:57And did Miss
01:04:58Hayes imagine
01:04:58the rest?
01:05:01Now, Miss
01:05:03Tate has told
01:05:04you that you
01:05:05must have no
01:05:06regard to the
01:05:07accused's fine
01:05:08personal and
01:05:10public record.
01:05:11Now, that, with
01:05:12all due respect to
01:05:13Miss Tate, is
01:05:14quite wrong.
01:05:16Such a record is
01:05:17a factor to be
01:05:18considered when
01:05:20you are weighing
01:05:20the evidence.
01:05:22Men and women
01:05:23who enjoy the
01:05:24respect of
01:05:25society are
01:05:26often very
01:05:27conscious that
01:05:28they can lose
01:05:28that respect by
01:05:29a single
01:05:30sideways step from
01:05:31the straight and
01:05:33narrow path of
01:05:34proper conduct.
01:05:36Now, if you
01:05:38think that the
01:05:38accused had
01:05:40such an
01:05:40awareness, then
01:05:42you may think
01:05:43it very improbable
01:05:44that he could do
01:05:45what it is
01:05:46alleged he has
01:05:47done.
01:05:48But, members of
01:05:50the jury, you
01:05:52know as well as
01:05:53I do that few
01:05:55people, great or
01:05:57small, are without
01:05:57any weakness or
01:05:59flaw.
01:06:00our history
01:06:02abounds with the
01:06:04broken reputations
01:06:05of great men and
01:06:06women who have
01:06:07done wrong.
01:06:09To put this
01:06:10matter of character
01:06:11another way,
01:06:12members of the
01:06:12jury, if you
01:06:14find yourselves
01:06:15wavering or
01:06:16uncertain, you
01:06:18should allow the
01:06:19defendant's good
01:06:20character to weigh
01:06:21the scales in his
01:06:22favour, and you
01:06:24should acquit him.
01:06:24But, if you
01:06:26are satisfied as
01:06:27to the guilt of
01:06:28the defendant, then
01:06:30it is your duty to
01:06:33convict.
01:06:35Now, retire and
01:06:37consider your
01:06:37verdict.
01:06:38All rise.
01:06:52All rise.
01:07:05Will the foreman
01:07:06please stand?
01:07:08Members of the jury,
01:07:09have you reached a
01:07:10verdict upon which
01:07:10you are all agreed?
01:07:12Yes.
01:07:12Do you find the
01:07:13prisoner, Edward
01:07:14Bolton, guilty or
01:07:15not guilty of
01:07:16indecent assault?
01:07:17Not guilty.
01:07:19And is that the
01:07:20verdict of you all?
01:07:21It is.
01:07:23The accused will
01:07:24stand.
01:07:26You are discharged,
01:07:28Councillor Bolton.
01:07:31May I say that I
01:07:32trust you will put
01:07:33this unhappy affair
01:07:34behind you, and
01:07:35that you will
01:07:36continue unaffected
01:07:37and unabated in
01:07:39your public service?
01:07:40Thank you very
01:07:41much.
01:07:42Members of the
01:07:43jury, may I
01:07:45extend the court's
01:07:46thanks for your
01:07:46attendance and your
01:07:48patience.
01:07:50All rise.
01:07:51next week, a chance for you to join another jury in assessing the facts when our cameras
01:08:19returns return to watch a leading case in the Crown Court.
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