Crown Court - Settling a Score (1973) - video Dailymotion

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Crown Court: the gripping courtroom drama from the 1970s and 1980s.  The career of Fulchester United's star striker Arnie Campbell is over following a foul by Porthampton City's hard-man defender John 'Chopper' Bates. Bates denies making the foul challenge and claims that one of Campbell's own teammates was responsible. Geoff Hinsliff, future star of Coronation Street, plays the defendant. The wonderful Leon Vitali, known for his close collaboration with director Stanley Kubrick, appears as a witness.

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00:00:00In the course of wars, many a private battle, unnoticed in the general conflict, is won and lost.

00:00:20The same is true in professional sport. It's the result that counts.

00:00:24But at the same time, unseen, many a private score is settled both on and off the field.

00:00:30At the beginning of the season, Arnie Campbell, a 22-year-old Fulchester United striker, was regarded as a star in the ascendancy.

00:00:38Fulchester had been offered sums of over £100,000 for him. Everybody wanted to know him.

00:00:43That is, until after Fulchester's home match with Port Hampton City on 15 December 1972.

00:00:50That afternoon, he was marked by Johnny Bates, and the well-publicised feud between these two players culminated in the 76th minute of the game,

00:00:58when, as the result of an incident following a free kick, Arnie Campbell was badly injured.

00:01:03The Fulchester team immediately put the blame on Bates, and today he is accused of assault, occasioning actual bodily harm.

00:01:10Bates' trial at Fulchester Crown Court has just begun.

00:01:14Mr. Campbell, on the 15th of December last year, you played in the home league fixture against Port Hampton City.

00:01:39I started to match you, if that's what you mean.

00:01:41Quite. Now, will you tell us the name of the Port Hampton player who had the job of marking you during that game?

00:01:45And the Lord, how on earth can this witness give evidence of what instructions the Port Hampton team were given?

00:01:51It's normal practice, isn't it, for a particularly dangerous forward to be marked by a defender and followed about wherever he goes?

00:01:56No, no, no, Mr. Logan. Man-for-man marking is quite frequently abandoned nowadays.

00:02:01Oh, I'm obliged to your Lordship. I confess I'm not an ardent follower of the game.

00:02:04Ah, well, I am. And I'm right on this point, am I not, Mr. Campbell?

00:02:08Very well, my Lord. I'll rephrase the question.

00:02:10Mr. Campbell, during the game, was there any particular member of the other team who appeared to be marking you?

00:02:15Yeah, Chopper Bates.

00:02:17You mean the defendant?

00:02:18Yeah, Chopper Bates.

00:02:20Now, you've told us you didn't finish the match. Will you describe the events that resulted in your leaving the field?

00:02:24I didn't leave. I was carried off.

00:02:26Quite.

00:02:28Well, there was a free kick in front of their goal.

00:02:30They formed a wall to block a shot, and I got in position behind the wall.

00:02:34A normal dead ball situation, you know?

00:02:36Where was Bates standing?

00:02:37Right beside me.

00:02:38The idea was to float the ball over the Port Hampton wall so I could get a flick at it with my head.

00:02:42The photograph is a bit wonderful.

00:02:43The vessel went, and I jumped, and Bates went with me.

00:02:45Did a nice push job on me in the air, and I ended up with my face in the mud.

00:02:49Before I could get up, he'd put the boot in proper and...

00:02:52And fractured your hip.

00:02:54Now, at the time when Bates, as you say, pushed you in the air and kicked you on the ground,

00:02:58were you in possession of the ball?

00:02:59That's a laugh.

00:03:00The ball never got over the Port Hampton wall.

00:03:01Hit them and bounced away.

00:03:02Was there any other Port Hampton player in the vicinity?

00:03:05No, just Bates.

00:03:06Mr Logan, I just want to be sure about this.

00:03:08The few photographs we have seen are the only ones.

00:03:11Yes, my lord.

00:03:12There is no film of the match, no photograph of any sort of the incident in which Mr Campbell was injured.

00:03:17No, my lord.

00:03:18I'm afraid there was no television coverage, my lord, of the match,

00:03:21and the press photographers, of course, like most other people, were following the ball.

00:03:25Yes, I see. Thank you.

00:03:26Had you ever played in a match against Bates before?

00:03:29Yeah, several times.

00:03:30And did you receive any injuries in those matches?

00:03:33Yeah, in all of them.

00:03:35But I only got her bad once, and that cleared up after a month.

00:03:38And how did those injuries come about?

00:03:41Chopper Bates, of course.

00:03:42My lord, this evidence is, in my submission, inadmissible and highly prejudicial to the accused.

00:03:47It contains implications of wrongful conduct on the part of the accused on other occasions.

00:03:51Let me be so, Mr Lide, that as the defence of accident is fairly open to the accused,

00:03:57the evidence is, in my view, admissible, and I so rule.

00:04:01I'm obliged to your lordship.

00:04:02The prosecution case is, of course, that this was a campaign of brutal aggression.

00:04:06Will your lordship, nevertheless, make a note of my objection?

00:04:09Certainly, Mr Lide.

00:04:10Now, Mr Campbell, you were saying that Bates caused your injuries in these previous matches.

00:04:15On any of these occasions, were fouls awarded against Bates' team?

00:04:19Yeah, on all of them.

00:04:20You're suggesting, are you, that Bates was fouling you deliberately?

00:04:23He was out to get me.

00:04:24Why should he do that?

00:04:26Well, the first time I played against him, straight out of reserves I was then,

00:04:30he played clean and I ran all over him.

00:04:32Do you think he might have felt humiliated?

00:04:34Well, he was an England reserve once, when he was a lot younger, of course.

00:04:37And there was me, straight out of school.

00:04:39Well, I got two goals, both were his mistakes.

00:04:42Oh, now, come now, Mr Campbell, that's hardly fair, is it?

00:04:44I remember there was a great deal of fuss about that second goal at the time.

00:04:48We saw it several times on television.

00:04:50You kicked the ball backwards over your head, like that famous goal by Eusebio.

00:04:53Or was it Pelley?

00:04:55Well, now, nobody could have stopped that, eh?

00:04:58You say that in that first game, Bates played cleanly,

00:05:01but in all the other games that followed, he did not.

00:05:03Yeah.

00:05:04I'm sure we're all anxious to know this, Mr Campbell.

00:05:06What is the medical prognosis?

00:05:08When will you be playing again?

00:05:09I won't.

00:05:10That's what I'm told.

00:05:13What? No hope?

00:05:14No.

00:05:15You mean your career has ended?

00:05:18Officially, it ends next week.

00:05:20Mr Harris told me my contract is being ended under what is called the medical clause.

00:05:25Oh, Mr Harris?

00:05:26I forgot you don't know anything about football.

00:05:28He's the chairman of Fulchester.

00:05:30I see.

00:05:30Mr Campbell, what was your value on the transfer market before your injuries?

00:05:35Fulchester had two offers from me, both from First Division clubs.

00:05:38One for 100,000, the other for 120.

00:05:41And what percentage of those figures would you expect to receive yourself?

00:05:445%.

00:05:45And what is your value now?

00:05:48Sweet FA.

00:05:50I see.

00:05:51Thank you, Mr Campbell.

00:05:52Would you wait there, please?

00:05:52May I assure you, Mr Campbell, that you have all the sympathy you deserve?

00:05:58Thanks a lot.

00:05:59But is it really true to say that you can't play football again?

00:06:02You see, there's a report after the match that said you'd probably be able to play again.

00:06:06Oh, that was McVinney, the manager, put that out.

00:06:08He was frightened about what to tell Mr Harris, and he was sacked the day after the match.

00:06:13What, the manager was sacked? When?

00:06:15The day after the match.

00:06:16Just a moment, Mr Lloyd.

00:06:19And by Mr Harris.

00:06:20The chairman.

00:06:21I see. All right.

00:06:23But in any case, it's not really true to say, is it, that your earning power is finished?

00:06:26What do you mean?

00:06:27Well, aren't you forgetting about all your other business interests?

00:06:29The discotheque, the boutiques, Campbell's column on the Fullchester Herald.

00:06:33What have they got to do with it?

00:06:34Simply this.

00:06:35I want to ensure that the facts in issue in this case do not become submerged in pity for you.

00:06:40I don't need your pity.

00:06:41Perhaps not.

00:06:43Now, Mr Campbell, let's turn to the matching question.

00:06:45The incident in which you alleged the defendant attacked you was in the 76th minute.

00:06:49Was this the first time there had been any physical contact between you?

00:06:52You must be joking.

00:06:53I didn't breathe in down my neck the hole of the game.

00:06:55Backing into me.

00:06:56Leaning on me.

00:06:57Blocking.

00:06:58Pushing elbows on a blindside the lot.

00:07:00Mr Campbell, you wrote in your column in the Fullchester Herald, that's exhibit four,

00:07:03my lord, the following Monday, these words, didn't you?

00:07:07Johnny Bates has slowed down a lot and he never got near me.

00:07:10Well, can I take it that he was so quick that the defendant never got near you when you had the ball?

00:07:16Yeah.

00:07:17That's a completely different story to the one you've told us today, isn't it?

00:07:20And the story in this newspaper was simply false.

00:07:22Oh, that was a ghostwriter who wrote those words.

00:07:24But you dictated it and it wasn't true.

00:07:28No, not when you put it like that.

00:07:30And again, Mr Campbell, there's not a suggestion in this article that you were deliberately kicked.

00:07:34Oh, really, Mr Lloyd, what do you expect in a newspaper article?

00:07:38You've never liked the defendant much, have you?

00:07:41You can say that again.

00:07:42You have a nickname for him, don't you?

00:07:44What are you talking about?

00:07:45Oh, come now, Mr Campbell, you call him Fanny Bates, don't you?

00:07:49Oh, that, yeah, well, sometimes.

00:07:50Well, what is it supposed to convey?

00:07:52Nothing.

00:07:53Nothing?

00:07:53Well, it's a woman's name, isn't it?

00:07:55You used to tell people that he was effeminate, that he wasn't a real man.

00:07:59Just for a laugh.

00:08:01Did you say just for a laugh?

00:08:03Yes.

00:08:05Had you any reason to believe that there was any truth in that suggestion that the defendant was effeminate?

00:08:10How should I know?

00:08:10I never met him off the field.

00:08:11So that was also a deliberately false statement?

00:08:14I suppose so.

00:08:16Now, do you know a man named Freddy the Broker?

00:08:19No, I never had of him.

00:08:20So you've never been involved in the dealings of persons who bet on the result of football matches?

00:08:24No.

00:08:24You're quite sure of that?

00:08:26Look, mister, I don't expect you to understand this, but when you're a professional, you're loyalties for your club.

00:08:31I play for Fulchester, nobody else.

00:08:33You have heard, then, of players taking bribes to effect the result of a match, to rig a match?

00:08:38Yeah, I've heard of it like everyone else has heard of it.

00:08:40And you wanted to leave Fulchester for a bigger club, didn't you?

00:08:43But the club wouldn't put you on the transfer list.

00:08:45Yeah.

00:08:45I don't see what this has got to do with a case.

00:08:47I mean, there's nothing wrong in trying to better yourself.

00:08:50And with a better club, especially a first division club, you'd have got higher wages.

00:08:54Yeah, probably.

00:08:55In fact, Fulchester were holding you back.

00:08:57They were holding you down in the world.

00:08:59Now, I'm going to ask you again.

00:09:01Do you know a man known as Freddie the Broker?

00:09:05You're not talking about Freddie Williams, are you?

00:09:08I am.

00:09:09Do you know him?

00:09:11We've had your drink.

00:09:12Did you ever accept money from him to influence the result of a game?

00:09:16Never.

00:09:16Did he ever offer you money to do so?

00:09:19Look, he was always in company.

00:09:23I'm trying to tell you, of course he didn't.

00:09:25I see.

00:09:26Now, let's get back to the match.

00:09:28You say that when the defendant pushed you, you ended up face down in the mud.

00:09:33That's right.

00:09:33At which point you were kicked.

00:09:36Yes.

00:09:36Well, if that's so, how do you know who kicked you?

00:09:39Do I have to explain it for you?

00:09:41You mean that apart from your team-mate, Kevin Lewis,

00:09:43the defendant was the only person near enough to have kicked you?

00:09:45You've got it.

00:09:46Yes, but you didn't actually see the person who kicked you?

00:09:51I did not see him, no.

00:09:53Thank you, Mr. Campbell.

00:09:55Do you wish to re-examine, Mr. Logan?

00:09:58No, my lord.

00:09:59You may leave the box, Campbell.

00:10:01I call James Merlidge.

00:10:12James Merlidge, please.

00:10:19What is your religion?

00:10:20Church of England.

00:10:21Take the book in your right hand and read the words from the card.

00:10:24I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

00:10:30What is your name and where do you live?

00:10:32My name is James Merlidge.

00:10:33I live at 14 Corn Estate, Chester.

00:10:35And you're a qualified Football Association referee,

00:10:38and you were refereeing the league match between Fulchester United and Port Hampton City on the 15th of December of last year?

00:10:43That is correct.

00:10:44Now, Mr. Merlidge, as to that match...

00:10:45Well, before we get on to that, my lord, I would like to make a statement.

00:10:50Is it essential, Mr. Merlidge?

00:10:51Well, if it wasn't, I wouldn't be making it.

00:10:53Very well, if you must.

00:10:54But do remember, the court's time is not unlimited.

00:10:57Don't worry, my lord.

00:10:58Time-wasting is a punishable offence in my book, too.

00:11:01I'm very relieved to hear it.

00:11:02Yes, well, I just want to make it quite clear at this point in time

00:11:05that I'm here today in the same capacity as I was during that match, as a referee.

00:11:10That is, in an impartial capacity.

00:11:12Mr. Merlidge, you are here in one capacity, and one capacity alone.

00:11:15That is, as a private person.

00:11:17I may say the same would be true of the Prime Minister if he were a witness in this case.

00:11:21Yeah, well, if the Prime Minister gave a little more of his time to watching football

00:11:24instead of messing about in boats, we might be in a better state than we are.

00:11:27Mr. Logan, shall we return from the world of yachting to that of football?

00:11:30Now then, Mr. Merlidge, during the match in question,

00:11:52did you witness any clashes between the defendant and Arnold Campbell

00:11:55prior to the incident in the 76th minute?

00:11:58Well, there was a running fight between them for the whole of the game.

00:12:01Initiated by the defendant?

00:12:02Oh, really, my lord.

00:12:03Yes, Mr. Logan, don't lead the witness.

00:12:05I'm sorry, my lord.

00:12:06Who initiated this running fight?

00:12:08The defendant, John Bates.

00:12:10Did you have occasion to caution any player for his behaviour?

00:12:13Yes, John Bates, in the 14th minute.

00:12:15I observed the number three player for Port Hampton City, John Bates,

00:12:21strike the Fulchester United player, Campbell, with his arm, apparently in retaliation,

00:12:25and having regard to the nature of this offence, I thereupon took his name.

00:12:29And will you now tell the court what occurred in the 76th minute?

00:12:32Yes, certainly.

00:12:33I awarded a direct free kick to Fulchester, on the edge of the Port Hampton penalty box.

00:12:41As this kick was taken, both Campbell and the accused rose in the air to receive the ball.

00:12:45The latter leaned on Campbell, who fell to the ground, whereupon Bates kicked him.

00:12:50The ball was nowhere near either of them.

00:12:53At this juncture, I blew up.

00:12:55Oh, on my whistle, that is.

00:12:57Quite.

00:12:57And I informed Bates that I was sending him off the field.

00:13:02And one final question, Mr Mellish.

00:13:04I would like you to think back to the scene at that moment of the game.

00:13:06Please take your time and tell the court whether, in your own mind,

00:13:10you are still quite convinced that the defendant deliberately and maliciously kicked Arnold Campbell.

00:13:16That isn't necessary.

00:13:18What isn't?

00:13:19For me to have to think back.

00:13:21You must be aware that when a referee makes a decision, it's final.

00:13:25Nevertheless, for the sake of the question...

00:13:26It's a question of authority.

00:13:27Mr Mellish, I don't think you quite understand.

00:13:29But with respect, my lord, I think it is you that doesn't understand.

00:13:33You see, my position is the same as yours.

00:13:36I represent the legally constituted authority of the Football Association.

00:13:40And by virtue of that authority vested in me, it is my right, my duty, to stand by any decision I may have made.

00:13:47I hear what you say, Mr Mellish.

00:13:49I advise you not to try my patience any further.

00:13:52Oh, I'm sure your lordship isn't expected to reconsider any of his decisions.

00:13:55Well, my jurisdiction's out there on the park.

00:13:59I don't expect to have it trespassed on either.

00:14:01If we don't maintain our authority, we'll all descend to anarchy, won't we?

00:14:05Precisely, Mr Mellish, and here you are under my jurisdiction.

00:14:08I have no power to send you off.

00:14:10But I can and will send you down for contempt of court unless you answer counsel's question immediately.

00:14:15I judged that the defendant, Bates, kicked Campbell in a vicious, totally unprovoked attack.

00:14:27I see no reason for changing that opinion now.

00:14:30Thank you, Mr Mellish. I have no further questions.

00:14:33Mr Lime?

00:14:33Mr Mellish, according to you, there was a running fight between the accused and Campbell throughout the game, initiated, you say, by the accused?

00:14:42That is correct.

00:14:43Now, Mr Bates is a defender. Is it not a defender's job to tackle and dispossess an opposing forward?

00:14:48Yes.

00:14:49Then surely it was perfectly natural for Mr Bates to initiate all such contact between them?

00:14:54It looked at like that, yes.

00:14:55And of all the occasions he made contact, is it not true to say that nine times out of ten this contact was quite fair and within the rules of football?

00:15:03Agreed. But what about those other times?

00:15:06Well, being fair about the matter, and I'm sure you're trying to be and thinking about it, would you not agree that on those other occasions it was invariably a case of my client retaliating against foul play by Campbell?

00:15:17Against the illegal use of his elbow to shield the ball, for instance?

00:15:21That's what happened in the 14th minute, isn't it?

00:15:23Yes, yes, more or less.

00:15:24I must admit it's very difficult to tell in these cases.

00:15:28But, of course, retaliation is a punishable offence in any case.

00:15:31Without question, but you will agree that there is a vast difference between that and what my learned friend has chosen to call a campaign of brutal aggression?

00:15:39Yes, yes, I suppose there is a difference.

00:15:41Do you wear glasses to drive, Mr Mellish?

00:15:45Yes, yes, I do.

00:15:47I'm sorry to have to put this to you. I'm sure you understand it is my duty.

00:15:50You don't wear glasses to referee, do you?

00:15:53No, no. But the two things aren't the same at all.

00:15:56I mean, when you're on the pitch, you don't have to look for detail.

00:15:59You've got two linesmen to help you.

00:16:01And a player is a sight larger than the number plates on a motor car.

00:16:05But their hands and their feet are not.

00:16:07I am aware of that.

00:16:09And I point out that both the fouls committed by Bates occurred within 15 yards of me, no more.

00:16:15Yes.

00:16:16Now, before moving on to the second of those incidents, there's another little point I'd like to take up with you.

00:16:21Are you aware of the expression Homer?

00:16:24Yes.

00:16:25Will you tell the court its meaning?

00:16:26Well, it refers to a referee who tends to favour the home side in his decisions.

00:16:32Now, do you remember writing these words in the Football Digest in May of last year?

00:16:35That's Exhibit 5, my lord.

00:16:38Intimidation is the cancer of today's game.

00:16:40In some areas, violence among spectators has reached such proportions

00:16:44that even the best referee might hesitate before awarding, say, a penalty against the home team

00:16:49for fear of what could happen to him afterwards.

00:16:51Yes, well, I was rather thinking more of the Latin American countries when I wrote that.

00:16:56But nevertheless, it's correct, isn't it, that during the game on December the 15th,

00:16:59a great deal of hostility was generated by certain sections of the crowd

00:17:03against the Port Hampton team, and in particular, against Bates,

00:17:06and against any decision that you made in their favour.

00:17:09That did not deter me from doing my duty.

00:17:12And I would point out to you that after the match,

00:17:15it was a certain element of the Port Hampton supporters that threatened me.

00:17:18So much so, in fact, that Mr. Harris, the Fulshester chairman,

00:17:22took it upon himself to escort me from the ground personally in his car.

00:17:27Did he, indeed?

00:17:29And I want to turn to the incident in the 76th minute for which my client is on trial today.

00:17:35When the free kick was taken, where were you standing?

00:17:37Oh, well, I was in a direct line with the Port Hampton defensive wall.

00:17:41Why there?

00:17:42Well, in a dead ball situation such as this,

00:17:44the referee's most difficult job is to get the defenders to retire the required ten yards.

00:17:49And I imagine you also kept an eye on the ball itself.

00:17:52Well, of course, you've got to know when the kick's coming.

00:17:54Are you saying, then, that with one eye on the Port Hampton defensive line

00:17:58and the other on the ball,

00:18:00you were able to see clearly something that happened a good few yards behind the Port Hampton wall?

00:18:04I could, yes.

00:18:06Out of the corner of my eye.

00:18:07The corner of your eye, Mr. Mellish, but how could you?

00:18:09You've already told us that a referee doesn't look for detail.

00:18:12I saw what happened.

00:18:13Did you consult either of the two linesmen that are there to help you?

00:18:16Since I was in no doubt, that wasn't necessary.

00:18:18If they'd had anything to tell me, they could have done so.

00:18:20No, you can't get round the truth.

00:18:22Bates kicked his man.

00:18:24Do you ever make a mistake, Mr. Mellish?

00:18:26Yes, yes, I do.

00:18:27And when I do, I admit it immediately.

00:18:29It doesn't take me six months to recognise the fact.

00:18:32Well, I'm not doubting your sincerity.

00:18:33I just wonder how you can stand there and be so sure.

00:18:36Let me ask you something.

00:18:38When I stood up to begin this cross-examination,

00:18:40I wiped my hands on my handkerchief.

00:18:43And now, do you remember from which pocket I took that handkerchief?

00:18:46Well, no, no, I can't be certain.

00:18:49I think it was the right.

00:18:50Well, you've made a mistake there, Mr. Mellish,

00:18:52because I took out no handkerchief at all.

00:18:54My lord, this type of cheap ploy can only confuse the jury.

00:18:57We're not taking part in an American television melodrama.

00:19:00My lord, it's very simple.

00:19:01I merely wanted to demonstrate that when a person's eyes and concentration are distracted

00:19:06elsewhere, they tend to see what they subconsciously wish to see, or what they think they must have

00:19:13seen, rather than what they have in reality seen.

00:19:16Yes, Mr. Lloyd, I do take the point.

00:19:20Members of the jury, when you consider the evidence,

00:19:22I advise you to treat counsel's demonstration with very great caution.

00:19:26A handkerchief or no handkerchief in a courtroom is not at all the same thing as a kick

00:19:29or no kick on a soccer field.

00:19:32Carry on, Mr. Lloyd.

00:19:35I have no further questions, my lord.

00:19:39You may stand down, Mr. Mellish.

00:19:41I call Kevin Wilson-Lewis.

00:19:50You are Kevin Wilson-Lewis, and your address is 17 Meadow Lane, Fulchester?

00:19:55Yes.

00:19:56And is it right that you're employed by Fulchester United Football Club,

00:19:59for whom you played in the match against Port Hampton City on December the 15th last?

00:20:03Yeah.

00:20:05And what is your normal position on the field, Mr. Lewis?

00:20:07Well, I've got a number nine shirt.

00:20:09I'm a striker.

00:20:09And as such, you played in close proximity to your fellow forward, Mr. Campbell?

00:20:13Yeah, we linked up a lot.

00:20:15How many times have you and he played together against the accused?

00:20:19Counting the couple in the league, I'd say at least six times, all in the last couple of seasons.

00:20:23Yes, would you say that they had a sporting, amicable relationship during that time?

00:20:27Sporting?

00:20:28They loathed each other's guts.

00:20:29My lord, that question calls for conjecture on the part of the witness.

00:20:33Well, then, for my learned friend's benefit, I will rephrase it.

00:20:37Mr. Lewis, what did you observe about their attitudes towards each other?

00:20:41Well, it's nothing, isn't it?

00:20:43First time they was ever up against each other, Arnie played him right off the park.

00:20:46Showed him the ball, then went through him like a knife through butter, as if he weren't there.

00:20:51So it was, with Arnie being just a beginner-like, and Batesy and old pro went to Arnie's head.

00:20:56He started telling everybody Batesy was over the hill, all washed up.

00:21:00So natural, every time after that, when they played, Batesy tried to flatten him.

00:21:04And this was the state of affairs when they met on December the 15th?

00:21:07Right.

00:21:08They got off to a bad start in the first couple of minutes.

00:21:10And then when Arnie did a nutmeg on him, oh, beautiful to see that was.

00:21:13A nutmeg?

00:21:14Meaning to push the ball through your opponent's legs, Mr. Logan.

00:21:18Yeah, there you go, Your Honour.

00:21:19What's your club?

00:21:21Chelsea, as it happens.

00:21:22Oh, well, there's no count of a taste, is there?

00:21:24Shall we get on, Mr. Logan?

00:21:25I'm indebted to your Lordship for your expertise.

00:21:29Tell us how the match progressed, Mr. Lewis.

00:21:31Well, as we was going off at half-time, I said to Bates, see you in the second half, Fanny.

00:21:38Joking like.

00:21:39And he said, I'll see the lot of you in hospital first.

00:21:43I'll see the lot of you in hospital first.

00:21:45Now, you're quite sure of that.

00:21:47That's what Fanny said, yeah.

00:21:49Yes, please refer to the defendant as Bates, Mr. Lewis, not Fanny.

00:21:52Well, it's Arnie's name for him, really.

00:21:54Seeing as how he's not much of a one for the ladies, unlike our Arne.

00:21:58No offence attended, of course.

00:22:00Now, let's move on to the free kick your team was awarded in the 76th minute.

00:22:03Where were you standing for it?

00:22:05Well, that's planned.

00:22:05About five yards behind Arnie, waiting for him to lay off to me when it came over.

00:22:08When what came over?

00:22:10For the ball, of course.

00:22:11And did it?

00:22:12No.

00:22:13But Bates got up in the air alongside Arnie and leaned on him good and hard.

00:22:16Then when he hit the deck, he kicked him.

00:22:18How many times?

00:22:19Just once on the hip.

00:22:20Then he went off.

00:22:21I went over to see how Arnie was.

00:22:23Soon after that, the whistle went.

00:22:24And did you see the whole incident clearly?

00:22:27Yeah, I was right behind him.

00:22:28And you have no doubt that what happened was a deliberate foul?

00:22:31None at all.

00:22:32The ball was miles away.

00:22:34Thank you, Mr Lewis.

00:22:36No, don't go away, Mr Lewis.

00:22:38I've got one or two questions to ask you.

00:22:42Why are you testifying here today?

00:22:45Well, I was asked to.

00:22:46That's the only reason?

00:22:48Yeah.

00:22:49You'd have really preferred not to have come, would you?

00:22:52Well, I don't know.

00:22:54Did you come here reluctantly?

00:22:57Well, I'd rather this thing was kept inside football than not coming out all in the open like, you know?

00:23:01Unfortunately, the truth has a habit of coming out.

00:23:04Tell me, in your opinion, is my client, John Bates, a dirty player?

00:23:08Batesy?

00:23:09One of the best in the English league.

00:23:10Why do you say that?

00:23:11Well, they've got some right bastards up in Scotland, haven't they?

00:23:14Very amusing.

00:23:16But I suggest to you that while Mr Bates may be a hard player, even a rough player,

00:23:21he has not and never has been a dirty player.

00:23:23Now, please think carefully about this before you answer.

00:23:26Have you ever known Bates to deliberately injure an opponent who did not have the ball?

00:23:31And please remember, you are under oath.

00:23:34No, I've never seen him do anything like that.

00:23:35Well, not before December, anyway.

00:23:37Now, when this incident happened, you saw it all perfectly plainly.

00:23:40Look, I've already told you.

00:23:42You told my learned friend.

00:23:43I'd like to get one thing very clear.

00:23:45At the time, was there, apart from the defendant,

00:23:48any other Porthampton City player in the vicinity of Mr Campbell

00:23:51who might have been responsible for that injury?

00:23:54Now.

00:23:54Oh, really, my lord, what can be the point of these, if I may say so,

00:23:57rather laboured attempts to establish for the prosecution's benefit

00:24:01what has already been established once?

00:24:03If my learned friend is hoping to show that Mr Campbell's injury

00:24:06was a self-inflicted accident, then he should tell us.

00:24:08Unless, of course, he's suggesting that it was caused by Mr Lewis, his own team-mate.

00:24:13I'm grateful to my learned friend for his assistance.

00:24:16That is exactly what I intend to prove.

00:24:18Prove.

00:24:19The case of the Queen against Bates will be resumed tomorrow in the Crown Court.

00:24:40At the beginning of the season,

00:24:56Fulchester United's Arnie Campbell looked as though he had a dazzling career ahead of him.

00:25:01But all his hopes were shattered when his hip was fractured

00:25:04in the 76th minute of a home match with Porthampton City.

00:25:07Johnny Bates is accused of deliberately kicking Arnie Campbell

00:25:11at a time when the ball was nowhere near them.

00:25:14Mr Lloyd, counsel for the defendant,

00:25:16made some startling revelations in the course of the hearing,

00:25:19eliciting that Fulchester's manager had been sacked the day after the match,

00:25:23raising suggestions that Arnie Campbell had been accepting bribes

00:25:26to affect the result of matches

00:25:28and alleging that his injuries had in fact been caused by his team-mate, Kevin Lewis,

00:25:33who's still giving evidence.

00:25:34Now, Mr Lewis, let's find out the truth about your relationship with Arnold Campbell.

00:25:55Now, look, if you think it was me who kicked him, then you're off your nut.

00:25:57We shall see. At the moment, I'm more interested in something else.

00:26:00You often went out with Campbell, didn't you?

00:26:02Yeah, sometimes.

00:26:03Do you know someone called Freddie Williams, who's also known as Freddie the Broker?

00:26:06No, I don't.

00:26:07Now, be careful, Mr Lewis. Arnold Campbell has already testified that he knows him.

00:26:10Now, look, if you let me finish, I don't know him.

00:26:13I met him once only.

00:26:15Was Campbell there?

00:26:17Yeah.

00:26:17Where and when?

00:26:19About September of last year in a bar at a line hotel.

00:26:23Were you two alone with Freddie the Broker or with others?

00:26:25Yeah, we were alone for part of the time, yeah.

00:26:27What did you talk about?

00:26:29Nothing special.

00:26:30You discussed football?

00:26:31Well, don't everybody.

00:26:33Did Freddie the Broker offer either of you any money?

00:26:36No, not like that.

00:26:37Well, what did he say?

00:26:38Oh, my lord, I've restrained myself from interrupting long enough.

00:26:41How on earth can it be relevant to admit evidence about any supposed offer of bribes to Campbell?

00:26:47In my submission, it can have nothing to do with the question of whether or not the defendant deliberately kicked Campbell.

00:26:51Well, Mr. Logan, I'm inclined to admit this evidence.

00:26:54I think I'm supported in this by the case of the Crown versus Shaw.

00:26:58You will recall, Mr. Lloyd has said very clearly that he is alleging that this witness, and not the defendant, was responsible for Campbell's injuries.

00:27:05Perhaps I may leave the matter for the time being, whilst reserving my right to raise the objection if the evidence continues in this vein much longer.

00:27:12Very well, Mr. Logan.

00:27:12What did Freddie the Broker say?

00:27:18Well, Campbell was complaining about the terms he was getting with Forchester.

00:27:22And Williams, that's Freddie the Broker, said something like,

00:27:26If either of you two gents want to earn himself some real money, well, you knows where to find me.

00:27:30And what did you understand that to mean?

00:27:32Well, I've been told that Williams moves around with a lot of people who better...

00:27:35Is involved in bribery, in fact.

00:27:37Yeah, all right. Well, why not? It happens all the time, doesn't it?

00:27:40What, rigging the results of matches?

00:27:42Yeah.

00:27:43Of course, you didn't take up the offer.

00:27:44No, I didn't!

00:27:45Did it ever occur to you that Arnold Campbell may have taken up the offer on some other occasion when you weren't there?

00:27:50No, of course not.

00:27:53Now, do you ever read George Jenkinson's football column in the Northern Courier?

00:27:58Yes, of course.

00:27:58Will you look at the copy of Exhibit 6, which is an article by George Jenkinson, which appeared in that paper on the 9th of December 1972.

00:28:05That's about a week before the match, which has given rise to these proceedings.

00:28:09Did you read that article?

00:28:12Yeah, I remember it. I read it.

00:28:13Yes, of course. Quite a stare, didn't it? I'll read it, if I may.

00:28:16The last few weeks have seen an alarming erraticism creep into Fulchester's hitherto rock-solid form.

00:28:23None of the team is beyond criticism, but recently fans have been pointing the finger at Arnie Campbell.

00:28:28Some weeks, their golden boy has lived up to all his former promise.

00:28:32Others, a crisis of confidence seems to hit him.

00:28:35Relatively open goals have been missed, of the sort that would make even a schoolboy blush.

00:28:40A series of disastrous back-passes have let in the opposition to score.

00:28:45If Fulchester continue to lose matters they should win, they may no longer be reluctant to give Arnie the move he wants.

00:28:53Now, when you read that article, did you think there was any truth in it?

00:28:57Yeah, it all happened.

00:28:58Campbell, the golden boy, missing relatively open goals, making a series of disastrous back-passes.

00:29:05You knew he was unhappy at Fulchester.

00:29:08Well, he wanted to move to a bigger club. I mean, everybody knew that.

00:29:10But he didn't get his transfer, did he? And then his bad form set in.

00:29:14And you believed he was taking bribes, didn't you?

00:29:17I guessed it.

00:29:18You did more than that, Mr Lewis, because you told your friend Terence Stein that you were convinced of it.

00:29:24Now, look, I never said that. That's a dirty lie.

00:29:26I just must warn you that Terence Stein will be giving evidence.

00:29:29We'll see about that.

00:29:30Have you finished your cross-examination, Mr Lloyd?

00:29:35No, my lord. I sat down because I thought my friend wished to make an objection.

00:29:39And do you, Mr Logan?

00:29:40No, my lord. Not yet.

00:29:43Oh, Mr Lloyd, do get on.

00:29:46And you also told Stein that, quote,

00:29:49if Campbell threw just one more match, you'd make sure he never played football again.

00:29:54Now, look, I don't believe Terry Stein told you that. That's a dirty lie.

00:29:56And you're saying that you never said those words?

00:29:58No, I didn't say it, no.

00:30:00Are you jealous of Arnie Campbell, Mr Lewis?

00:30:03Jealous? What should I be?

00:30:04Well, for example, the way he could pick up girls just because of his name.

00:30:08I've got my share.

00:30:09But it's not as good a share as Campbell's.

00:30:11No, all right, no, no. All right, maybe it wasn't then.

00:30:13But I tell you, if I was ever jealous of him then, I'm certainly not jealous of him now.

00:30:17And it's right, isn't it, that when Campbell replaced you,

00:30:20when he first played for the Fulchester team, you spent three months in the reserves.

00:30:23Well, what of it?

00:30:24And whereas he was paid £90 a week, you were only paid £40.

00:30:27Look, I don't know about Arnie's contract.

00:30:29You'd better ask Mr Lewis about that.

00:30:32Now, let's get back to the match.

00:30:33At last.

00:30:34What was that, Mr Logan?

00:30:35Oh, my Lord, I was merely expressing relief that we're at last getting onto evidence connected with the case.

00:30:40On the 15th of December of last year, when the match was played,

00:30:46Fulchester were no less than 13 places above Porthampton in the league.

00:30:49And they were playing at home.

00:30:51Yet by the 76th minute, you were 2-0 down.

00:30:54Arnold Campbell had been blatantly wasting goal-scoring chances created by you.

00:30:59He'd even missed a penalty in the 73rd minute.

00:31:01And for you, that was just the last straw.

00:31:03And I planned to do him. Is that it?

00:31:05Well, I don't know whether you planned it or whether you merely failed to control your pent-up resentment when you saw the opportunity.

00:31:10The fact is, you were no more than five yards away from Campbell.

00:31:13And when you bent down over him, you kicked him hard.

00:31:16I bent down to see if he was OK, that's all.

00:31:18An ideal moment to get a kick in unnoticed, and it only took one kick.

00:31:21Look, are you saying I'm planning to do me own team-mate for life?

00:31:24Well, perhaps not for life. It would be unfair of me to suggest that.

00:31:27Only you can know that.

00:31:28But you did kick him, didn't you?

00:31:32You have sworn to tell the truth, Mr Lewis.

00:31:36All right. I thought Arnie was on a fiddle.

00:31:39But I never kicked him. Not then, nor any other game. Now, that's the truth.

00:31:43Now, come now, you've previously threatened to harm him. Terence Stein will testify to that.

00:31:47Look, I tell you, I never kicked him.

00:31:52I have no re-examination, my lord.

00:31:54Mr Lewis, tell me this.

00:31:55You have said that you believe that Campbell was accepting bribes.

00:31:58Did you talk about that to your manager?

00:32:01No.

00:32:02Why not?

00:32:04Well, he don't...

00:32:07McVitie had only told Harris, and Campbell was Harris' blue-eyed boy.

00:32:11I mean, he wouldn't have believed it.

00:32:13Now, Harris is the chairman of Fulchester, I recall.

00:32:15McVitie is what?

00:32:17He was the manager, then. He got sacked after the game.

00:32:19Ah, yes, of course. We heard about that.

00:32:21But we don't know why, do we?

00:32:23Very well, Lewis, you can stand down.

00:32:31I call James Leslie Harris.

00:32:35What is your full name?

00:32:37James Leslie Harris. Gym to most people.

00:32:39Where do you live?

00:32:40The Lawns, Millway, Fulchester.

00:32:42And what is your occupation?

00:32:44I own James Harrison Company, confectioners.

00:32:47I've been on the City Council for 12 years,

00:32:49and I've been the chairman of Fulchester United Football Club for the past 15 years.

00:32:53Do you know the defendant, John Bates?

00:32:56I know the lad.

00:32:57On December the 15th of last year, did you have occasion to speak to him?

00:33:01I did.

00:33:01Will you tell the court in your own words what took place?

00:33:04Well, it was just after young Bates had been told to take the early bath.

00:33:07You mean sent off?

00:33:08That's right, he was.

00:33:10Well, I left the director's box immediately and went down to see how Arnie was doing.

00:33:14When I saw how bad it was, I went over to the Port Hampton dressing room to see their man Bates.

00:33:20He was in there alone.

00:33:22Half crying, too.

00:33:24Well, I told him that, thanks to him, our Arnie was on his way to hospital,

00:33:28and he said to me, that's Bates,

00:33:31he said, I'm sorry I kicked him, Mr Harris.

00:33:34I didn't mean to break anything, but I just lost me head.

00:33:37And did he use those exact words?

00:33:40Well, as he is, I can remember.

00:33:42I mean, I feel sorry for the lad, really, but that's what they pay him for.

00:33:45My Lord, that sort of comment about Mr Bates and his employers is really most objectionable.

00:33:50I quite agree, Mr Lord.

00:33:51Members of the jury, you will disregard witness's last remark.

00:33:54I'm only trying to be fair to the lad.

00:33:55And you, Mr Harris, will confine yourself to answering counsel's questions and not offer your own opinions.

00:34:00I was asked to say what happened in my own words.

00:34:03Exactly. You were asked to say what happened, not what you thought about it.

00:34:07I stand corrected.

00:34:10Thank you, Mr Harris.

00:34:12We've heard your name mentioned on several occasions in this trial, Mr Harris.

00:34:16It seems you've got quite a lot of influence over people and events.

00:34:20Goes with my position.

00:34:21And I notice that you like to go by the name of Honest Jim Harris.

00:34:25Where did you get it?

00:34:26In business, after the war.

00:34:28Oh, what business was that?

00:34:29Government surplus, like a lot of other good men.

00:34:32Why do you find it necessary to draw attention to your honesty?

00:34:34Isn't my learned friend suggesting that there is dishonesty in trading in government surplus?

00:34:38Indeed not. As far as I know, there's no connection between the two.

00:34:41I'm surprised that the thought occurred to my learned friend.

00:34:45You also choose to call Fullchester my club. Why is that?

00:34:50Because I've been the one to look after it for the past 15 years.

00:34:53A sort of godfather, in fact.

00:34:55Aye.

00:34:56But not like that one in the film, you know, the one about the mafia.

00:34:58More of the fairy variety, then, as in the pantomime.

00:35:03If you like.

00:35:04I think it goes further than that.

00:35:06They don't call you Mr. Fullchester for nothing, do they?

00:35:08The truth is, you own more than 60% of the ordinary shares in Fullchester United.

00:35:12Is that correct?

00:35:13I like to keep it tight.

00:35:15Yes, and you have done for over 10 years.

00:35:16In fact, you can make or break anyone in that club.

00:35:19Look, I don't expect you to understand this.

00:35:22But the club is far bigger than any one individual inside it.

00:35:25And that's always been a principle of mine.

00:35:27Mr. Harris, it's true, isn't it, that you would do anything for the sake of Fullchester United?

00:35:31If necessary.

00:35:32I'm not ashamed of loving my club.

00:35:35You see, loyalty still means something to me.

00:35:37Even though it is a dirty word to some of our long-haired modern generation.

00:35:41Are you saying the end justifies the means?

00:35:44If necessary, yes, I am.

00:35:46Would you then, for example, tell lies, if it were necessary to do so,

00:35:50to suppress rumours of corruption amongst Fullchester players?

00:35:53I have no idea what you're going on about.

00:35:54Then I'll spell it out for you.

00:35:56My client did not admit kicking Campbell to you at any time.

00:36:01Your version of that incident is a lie.

00:36:03It is a lie you hoped would be believed,

00:36:05and if believed, might distract attention from the true state of affairs

00:36:09within the club of which you're so proud.

00:36:11All right, all right.

00:36:12Now you ask that third-rate joker over there why he's called the hatchet man.

00:36:16Go on, ask him, ask him.

00:36:16You are the one who is here to answer questions, Mr. Harris.

00:36:19Thank you, my lord.

00:36:20And while we're on the subject of my client,

00:36:22since when has it been the custom to go into another team's dressing room during a match?

00:36:27Don't be daft.

00:36:28Fortress United's my patch, and I could go anywhere I please on it.

00:36:31Can we come back to the rumours?

00:36:34There were rumours whether or not after the match that Campbell had been accepting bribes,

00:36:38and because of this he'd been done in by his own team.

00:36:40If there were, I didn't hear him.

00:36:42Well, let's look back over Campbell's career.

00:36:44I want to ask you about his relationship with the club.

00:36:47I can tell you that in one sentence.

00:36:49When we signed that lad on, he was an investment.

00:36:52Now he's not worth a penny.

00:36:54He's not worth a brass farthing.

00:36:55Just answer the questions, please, Mr. Harris.

00:36:58He was a particular protégé of yours, wasn't he?

00:37:00I was the first to take him to Fulchester, aye.

00:37:02You discovered him?

00:37:03He knows that as well as I do.

00:37:04And initially, at least, he looked like a real find.

00:37:06He was a real find.

00:37:08But there was a period between about mid-October and December

00:37:10when the club suffered three or four unexpected defeats.

00:37:14We had a bad patch, yes.

00:37:15And Campbell made some uncharacteristic mistakes.

00:37:18He was off form.

00:37:20Well, we'll come to the question of whether or not there were mistakes later.

00:37:22It's a fact, isn't it, that Arnold Campbell was unhappy with the money he was getting at Fulchester,

00:37:26that he wanted a transfer, but that you would not give him one.

00:37:29Well, there was a great deal of interest, yes.

00:37:31But you must remember he's a fine player.

00:37:33Or should I say, was.

00:37:35Precisely, he was.

00:37:37But in October, Fulchester's sudden run of unexpected losses started.

00:37:42Would you tell this court how many inquiries you received for Campbell,

00:37:45say, from the end of September?

00:37:46That's privileged information.

00:37:48I'm not in the least surprised.

00:37:49The fact is, inquiries totally dried up, didn't they?

00:37:51I'm not prepared to comment on that.

00:37:52You will answer counsel's question, Mr. Harris.

00:37:56Very well.

00:37:58Interest dried up because we said that we were not prepared to sell.

00:38:02Oh, come now.

00:38:03You know perfectly well that rich clubs are not deterred by statements of that sort.

00:38:07Are you suggesting that I don't know my business?

00:38:09Look, as chairman of Fulchester United Football Club,

00:38:12I don't know anything about this rumour or whatever it was about bribery.

00:38:18And if there were any rumours about it, then there was no foundation.

00:38:21Then why did you sack your own manager the day after the match in which Campbell was crippled?

00:38:25Tell him the truth, Harris.

00:38:27Silence!

00:38:28I don't have to justify to little men what I may or may not decide about various other little men.

00:38:33You sacked him, did you not, because you found that Fulchester United had come to such a state

00:38:38that his star player had been crippled by his own team-mates for accepting bribes?

00:38:43If you must know, the decision to sack our manager had been taken a long time ago.

00:38:47I, that is, the board, we had decided to give him till December the 1st

00:38:52to get Fulchester into the running for promotion, and he failed.

00:38:55You bastard! You didn't have the decency to tell me face to face, did you?

00:38:58You left it for me to read in the papers.

00:39:00Silence!

00:39:00Go on! Tell them about the bribes!

00:39:02Silence! You bastard!

00:39:04Silence!

00:39:05Come on, mate.

00:39:05You stink, Harris!

00:39:07I hope you get what Campbell's got.

00:39:09Listen, you won't work inside football again, my friend.

00:39:12It's you that ought to be at the dock, mate.

00:39:13Go on.

00:39:14Mr. Harris, do you know the man who was just escorted from the court?

00:39:34Yes, he's the old manager that I sacked, McVitie.

00:39:36Yes, and you say that his sacking was the result of a decision taken by the directors sometime before.

00:39:42It had nothing to do with anything you'd heard about bribery or about who kicked Campbell.

00:39:46Aye.

00:39:47Then no doubt you will have minutes of the meeting at which that decision was taken.

00:39:51Oh, no, it wasn't formal, like.

00:39:52I see.

00:39:54Decision of the board of directors taken informally at a meeting of which, contrary to the company's act, no minutes were kept.

00:40:03I assume that as McVitie has been in court throughout the hearing that neither side intends to call him as a witness.

00:40:09Is that because nobody dares to?

00:40:11Well, that's the sort of question I prefer not to answer.

00:40:13Yes, perhaps I shouldn't really have asked that.

00:40:16Carry on, Mr. Lloyd.

00:40:17Mr. Harris, I put it to you that when you heard the word go round that it was a Fulchester player that had crippled Campbell,

00:40:23you resolved at all costs to stifle the rumour by inventing an alleged confession from the defendant

00:40:29in the hope that his conviction would smother the truth.

00:40:32I've never heard such errant nonsense, and you can suppose what you like.

00:40:35But it's right, isn't it, that you sacked McVitie without giving him any prior warning or without giving him a reason.

00:40:41Yes, and now what are you going to do about it?

00:40:43It simply shows us, Mr. Harris, what kind of a man we're dealing with.

00:40:49I have no re-examination, my lord.

00:40:51You may go, Mr. Harris.

00:40:56My lord, that is the case for the prosecution.

00:40:59Yes, Mr. Lloyd.

00:41:00I call the defendant, Stanley John Bates.

00:41:02What is your religion?

00:41:15A Methodist.

00:41:16Take the book in the right hand and read from the card.

00:41:19I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth,

00:41:22the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

00:41:24You are Stanley John Bates, you live at 43 Aylesbury Crescent, Porthampton,

00:41:29and you are employed as a professional footballer by Porthampton City Football Club.

00:41:34Yes, sir.

00:41:35Mr. Bates, how would you describe your tactical role in the Porthampton team?

00:41:39I'm what's called a stopper on the left side of the field.

00:41:42For the matching question, were you detailed to Mark Arnold Campbell specifically?

00:41:46No, only if he came across on the left.

00:41:48Campbell used to wander all over the field, you see.

00:41:51How long have you been a professional footballer?

00:41:5216 years.

00:41:54And during all that time, have you ever tried to deliberately injure an opponent?

00:41:58Never.

00:41:59Now, I'd like you to tell the court, in your own words,

00:42:01what you recall of the incident in which Arnold Campbell was injured.

00:42:04Well, we were standing behind the Porthampton defence wall

00:42:08waiting for the free kick to be taken.

00:42:09When the whistle went, he got up in the air and so did I.

00:42:12We were shoulder to shoulder.

00:42:13You weren't behind him, as the prosecution had mentioned?

00:42:16Definitely not.

00:42:17Go on.

00:42:18Well, the ball never came over.

00:42:20Did you see Campbell fall to the ground?

00:42:21Well, I didn't really notice at the time.

00:42:24I didn't fall and I ran off to clear the ball.

00:42:26When he was in the air, did you push him, as has been suggested?

00:42:29No, sir.

00:42:30So you're saying that immediately you touched the ground,

00:42:33you ran off following the play?

00:42:35Yeah, that's right.

00:42:35I ran off after the ball.

00:42:36Then the whistle went and all I'll blow close.

00:42:40A couple of the Fulchester players came after me and tried to land one on me.

00:42:43I didn't really understand why until I looked back and I saw Campbell on the deck.

00:42:46Then finally the ref called me over and gave me my marching orders.

00:42:50He sent you off?

00:42:51Yeah, that's right.

00:42:52Did you protest?

00:42:53Well, I did at first, yeah.

00:42:54Then you accepted the referee's decision?

00:42:56Well, of course, my lord.

00:42:58Then what did you do?

00:43:00I went back to the dressing room.

00:43:02Did Mr Harris come into the dressing room?

00:43:04Yes, he did.

00:43:05Could you tell the court about the meeting that took place there between Mr Harris and yourself?

00:43:10Well, I'd only been in there a couple of minutes when he barged in.

00:43:13He called me a lot of names and he said,

00:43:16did I realise what he'd done to his superstar, as he called him?

00:43:19I told him I was very sorry about what had happened,

00:43:21but it got nothing to do with me because I hadn't touched Campbell.

00:43:23So Mr Harris's story that you admitted kicking him is untrue?

00:43:27I'm afraid so.

00:43:28Were you sorry to see Campbell injured?

00:43:30Yes, I was.

00:43:32I'd like to ask you again.

00:43:34Did you foul Arnold Campbell in any way during the incident in question,

00:43:38either intentionally or otherwise?

00:43:40I didn't touch him.

00:43:41Thank you very much indeed, Mr Bates.

00:43:45You described yourself as a stopper, Mr Bates.

00:43:48There is another word in use, I believe.

00:43:50You are what's known as a destroyer.

00:43:53Yes, sir.

00:43:53What does that mean?

00:43:55Well, it means what it says.

00:43:55A destroyer of attacking movements.

00:43:58Now, you were just a stopper,

00:44:00but Arnold Campbell was a creative player, wasn't he?

00:44:03At times, yes.

00:44:04Now, during your 16 years in football,

00:44:06how many times has your name been taken by a referee for foul play?

00:44:11I don't know.

00:44:12More than 30 times?

00:44:13Well, I told you, I can't remember.

00:44:14More than 40?

00:44:15Well, I doubt it.

00:44:1632 times, Mr Bates.

00:44:18Perhaps twice a season.

00:44:19Well, I think that was putting it a bit on the ice, I'm a lot.

00:44:21Well, in the region of 30, then.

00:44:23Well, maybe 20, maybe 30, I told you, I can't be sure.

00:44:26Can you name any player who's been cautioned more often than yourself?

00:44:29Well, not a fan, no,

00:44:31but there's a lot of players with worse records than mine, I can assure you.

00:44:36I see.

00:44:37Now, let's turn to what happened at halftime during the match on December the 15th.

00:44:40Kevin Lewis made a joking remark about seeing you in the second half,

00:44:43and you said,

00:44:44I'll see the lot of you in hospital first.

00:44:47Now, what did you mean by that?

00:44:48Well, it was just a way of saying get lost.

00:44:51When you want to tell someone to get lost,

00:44:52you normally say that you'll see them in hospital.

00:44:55No.

00:44:55Only on a football field.

00:44:56Well, I was angry.

00:44:58Were you angry with Campbell?

00:45:00Well, mainly with Lewis, but I was angry with Campbell as well.

00:45:03He got me a booking in the first half by lying down and moaning after a tackle.

00:45:06I hadn't even touched him.

00:45:07You hadn't even touched him,

00:45:09just like the incident in the 76th minute when Campbell's hip was fractured.

00:45:12So, you're saying that twice in the same afternoon

00:45:14you were penalised for kicking Campbell

00:45:16when, in fact, on neither occasion had you even touched him?

00:45:20Yes, that's right.

00:45:22Moving on to the incident in the 76th minute.

00:45:25Why did you jump in the air?

00:45:28To head to ball.

00:45:30But the ball never came anywhere near you,

00:45:31so why did you jump in the air?

00:45:32Why did Campbell jump?

00:45:34It was his team's free tick.

00:45:35He was expecting the ball.

00:45:37Yeah, and I was watching him.

00:45:38I knew it.

00:45:39You're forgetting.

00:45:40I'm a professional.

00:45:40No, Mr Bates, I'm not forgetting that, I assure you.

00:45:44Now, you would have us believe, if I understand you're right,

00:45:47that when Campbell fell to the ground,

00:45:49you were in no way responsible.

00:45:51Yeah, that's right.

00:45:52Well, then how do you explain it?

00:45:54Well, it's not my job to explain it.

00:45:55Well, nevertheless, you were next door to him,

00:45:57and as a professional...

00:45:58Look, if you really want to know,

00:45:59I think Campbell took a dive.

00:46:00Uh, took a dive?

00:46:01Fell down on purpose, Mr Laverham.

00:46:03Thank you, my lord.

00:46:04Why should he do that?

00:46:05Well, the usual reason.

00:46:07To make it look as if I pushed him

00:46:08so that he'd get a penalty.

00:46:09Oh, really, Mr Bates,

00:46:10you'll have to do better than that.

00:46:11Your own counsel has claimed

00:46:13that Campbell took a bribe

00:46:14to lose the match for his own team.

00:46:15Now, I ask you, if that were so,

00:46:17would he at the same time

00:46:18try to win them the match

00:46:19by gaining penalties?

00:46:20Well, look, quite honestly,

00:46:23I don't believe that Campbell was taking bribes.

00:46:26I mean, he didn't need to.

00:46:27He had everything going for him as it was.

00:46:29But if he simply took a dive,

00:46:30how did he come to have a broken hip?

00:46:32Don't ask me.

00:46:33I run after the ball.

00:46:34Someone must have kicked him.

00:46:35Well, someone must have,

00:46:36but it wasn't me.

00:46:38How old are you, Mr Bates?

00:46:39I'm 33, sir.

00:46:40Arnold Campbell is 22, isn't he?

00:46:42As I've said, in September

00:46:43he'd played for Young England.

00:46:45Now, you were nearly picked for England

00:46:47once, weren't you?

00:46:48That's right.

00:46:48But while he was at the start

00:46:50of a promising career,

00:46:52you were at the end of yours, aren't you?

00:46:54I wasn't jealous of him,

00:46:55that's what you mean.

00:46:56Look, all this stuff about

00:46:58a duel between Campbell and me,

00:47:00it's all nonsense.

00:47:01It's just made up by the press.

00:47:02You did know, didn't you,

00:47:03that he called you Fanny Bates?

00:47:05Yeah.

00:47:06And you resented it?

00:47:08Look, look,

00:47:09I'm a married man with two children.

00:47:11I've been playing football a long time.

00:47:12That sort of thing, it just...

00:47:14It just doesn't worry me.

00:47:16Well, you're really saying that?

00:47:17Yes.

00:47:18Like water off a duck's back, eh?

00:47:20Yeah, I suppose so.

00:47:22But you will accept

00:47:23that the press story of a feud between you

00:47:25had some bases in it, wouldn't you?

00:47:27Insofar as Campbell felt constrained

00:47:28to call you Fanny Bates.

00:47:30Yeah, I don't know what his reasons

00:47:31were for saying that.

00:47:32You wouldn't agree, then,

00:47:33that there'd been any rivalry

00:47:34when you met in those six matches

00:47:35in the last two years?

00:47:36Rivalry, yes.

00:47:38But no needle, not on my part.

00:47:40You've also got the name

00:47:41Chopper Bates, haven't you?

00:47:43Look, I'm a hard player,

00:47:44but I try to play it clean.

00:47:46You mean you never deliberately hurt anybody,

00:47:48but you're not frightened of a collision

00:47:49when you're going after the ball, eh?

00:47:52Yeah.

00:47:53Thank you, my lord.

00:47:54I'm sorry to interrupt, Mr Logan.

00:47:56I just thought I'd like to clear up that point

00:47:57for the benefit of the jury.

00:47:59I'm grateful to your lordship.

00:48:00I'm beginning to realise

00:48:00that those who know a little about football

00:48:02rush in when angels fear to tread.

00:48:04I am, my lord, of course,

00:48:06referring to people like myself.

00:48:07I trust you are, Mr Logan.

00:48:09Shall we get on?

00:48:11Now, Mr Bates,

00:48:13I'd like to return to the 76th minute for a minute.

00:48:16Had you felt any provocation by Campbell

00:48:18during the second half?

00:48:20Provoc...

00:48:20Well, what sort of provocation?

00:48:22Any needling or shutting off the ball.

00:48:24No, not that I remember.

00:48:25Any remarks, whispers, jeers or jibes?

00:48:27No.

00:48:28Nothing at all?

00:48:29Nothing that I can remember.

00:48:30He hadn't made an odd jibe

00:48:31that might have riled you?

00:48:33No.

00:48:34No references to your lack of success with women?

00:48:37Well, he often did that sort of thing.

00:48:39But not this afternoon?

00:48:40No, I've told you.

00:48:41Oh, come now, Mr Bates, surely.

00:48:43Don't you remember an odd Fanny Bates or two,

00:48:45a pull your Fanny in,

00:48:46or come on, Fanny, get your finger out,

00:48:48or a sweet Fanny Adams,

00:48:49that's all you're good for?

00:48:51Crazy enough about bloody Fanny!

00:48:53Funny, funny, all the bloody...

00:48:55Look, he doesn't play bloody football.

00:48:56He plays silly bockers in the penalty area.

00:48:58He's calling your name,

00:48:59spoiling your concentration,

00:49:00getting at you where it hurts.

00:49:01It's not bloody football,

00:49:02it's bloody brainwashing.

00:49:04Well, one day,

00:49:05somebody's going to do him proper.

00:49:08No further questions, Lord.

00:49:09The case of the Queen against Bates

00:49:33will be resumed tomorrow in the Crown Court.

00:49:35In a match between

00:49:48Fulchester United and Port Hampton City,

00:49:51Arnie Campbell,

00:49:52the 22-year-old Fulchester forward,

00:49:54tipped for a place in international football,

00:49:56sustained a hip injury

00:49:57which ended his footballing career.

00:50:00Port Hampton player Johnny Bates

00:50:01is being tried at Fulchester Crown Court

00:50:03for the offence,

00:50:04but his counsel, Mr Lloyd,

00:50:06has suggested that Campbell

00:50:07was actually kicked by Kevin Lewis,

00:50:09a member of his own team.

00:50:11Johnny Bates has already given evidence,

00:50:13but the defence has still

00:50:14two more witnesses to call.

00:50:16You are George Henry Lomax

00:50:35of Lansdowne House, Port Hampton,

00:50:37and you are the manager

00:50:38of Port Hampton City Football Club.

00:50:40Yes.

00:50:41Did you watch any of the matches

00:50:42between Fulchester United

00:50:44and your club over the last three years?

00:50:46I watch every match.

00:50:49Now, it's been suggested

00:50:50that on the occasions

00:50:51when Campbell was playing,

00:50:52Bates invariably injured him.

00:50:54Does that accord with your recollection?

00:50:56No, definitely not.

00:50:58I saw Campbell hurt only once,

00:50:59last December.

00:51:00Did you see how he was hurt?

00:51:02No.

00:51:03He was away from the ball

00:51:04when I had my eye on the ball.

00:51:05From what you observed

00:51:07of Bates' play in those matches,

00:51:09did it appear to you

00:51:10that he was carrying out

00:51:11a campaign of brutal aggression

00:51:12against Campbell?

00:51:14No, I saw nothing deliberate.

00:51:16Players do get hurt

00:51:17from time to time.

00:51:18It's inevitable.

00:51:19And during all the years

00:51:20that you've known Bates,

00:51:21have you ever heard anything

00:51:22to the detriment of his reputation?

00:51:24No.

00:51:25He's a good husband and family man.

00:51:27I know him to be very straight, honest.

00:51:30Thank you very much, Mr Lomax.

00:51:31Mr Lomax, as a manager,

00:51:34what attitude do you tell your players

00:51:36they should adopt

00:51:36towards the physical friction

00:51:38that enters into every game,

00:51:39the pushing and shoving, for example?

00:51:41For a professional,

00:51:42they're just the accepted

00:51:43knocks of his trade.

00:51:45What's more,

00:51:45they're forgotten

00:51:45when you leave the field.

00:51:47Mr Lomax,

00:51:47will you tell the court

00:51:48what tactical plans were made

00:51:50to contain the threat

00:51:51of Arnold Campbell?

00:51:52None,

00:51:53because it wasn't necessary.

00:51:54Campbell's always been

00:51:55a 45-minute player.

00:51:56What does that mean?

00:51:58Well, it means he used to run

00:51:59out of steam after the first half

00:52:00because he was never fit,

00:52:02so he couldn't give 100% effort

00:52:04like other players,

00:52:05like my players.

00:52:06And so the defendant

00:52:07was given no special instructions

00:52:09regarding him?

00:52:10That's right.

00:52:10You see,

00:52:11we employ zonal marking.

00:52:14Bates was told

00:52:15to look after his own patch

00:52:16whether or not

00:52:16Campbell strayed into it.

00:52:18Yes,

00:52:18that's what I thought.

00:52:19Mr Lomax,

00:52:19you've heard of the term

00:52:20to mark a man

00:52:21out of the game,

00:52:22haven't you?

00:52:23Yes.

00:52:23What does it mean?

00:52:25It means to make him

00:52:25tactically useless.

00:52:27Tactically?

00:52:28Is that all?

00:52:29That's what I said.

00:52:30And did you order Campbell

00:52:31to be marked out of the game

00:52:32on December the 15th?

00:52:34I've already answered

00:52:35that question.

00:52:35No.

00:52:36Do you seriously expect

00:52:37this court to believe

00:52:38that you took

00:52:39no special defensive measure

00:52:40against a player

00:52:41of Campbell's calibre?

00:52:43You can believe

00:52:43who you like.

00:52:44We've been told.

00:52:45What have you been told?

00:52:47We've been tipped off

00:52:48before he was throwing matches.

00:52:49Well that's pure hearsay

00:52:50and inadmissible as evidence.

00:52:52But you just asked me.

00:52:53You want to make your mind up.

00:52:55My lord.

00:52:55No, Mr Logan,

00:52:56you invited that

00:52:57with your question.

00:53:00How long have you spent

00:53:01in the service

00:53:01of Port Hampton City,

00:53:02Mr Lomax?

00:53:0314 years.

00:53:05It's been said

00:53:05that you live

00:53:06for your club.

00:53:08Is that supposed

00:53:08to be a question?

00:53:09Yes.

00:53:10Well, yes I do.

00:53:11I give total dedication

00:53:12which is no more

00:53:13than what I demand

00:53:14from anyone else.

00:53:16You don't have much time

00:53:17then for football

00:53:18as entertainment,

00:53:19do you?

00:53:20Man, when you sleep,

00:53:21eat and drink the game

00:53:22it becomes a way of life.

00:53:24You believe that winning

00:53:25is the thing

00:53:25that matters most, eh?

00:53:27It's the only thing

00:53:28that matters.

00:53:29If you'd come

00:53:30from my background

00:53:30you would understand that.

00:53:32Why?

00:53:32What's so special

00:53:33about your background?

00:53:34I grew up

00:53:35during the Depression.

00:53:37Maybe that means

00:53:37nothing to you,

00:53:38but in those days

00:53:39the only way

00:53:40out of the gutter

00:53:41was to become

00:53:42a footballer

00:53:42and the only way

00:53:43to stay out of it

00:53:44was to be

00:53:44a successful footballer.

00:53:45I take your point,

00:53:46Mr Lomax.

00:53:46Is that why you

00:53:47always retain players

00:53:49known to be hard men?

00:53:50Well, I was a hard man myself.

00:53:52You encourage them

00:53:53to lean on their opponents,

00:53:54don't you?

00:53:54Lean?

00:53:55To use force.

00:53:56What do you expect?

00:53:57It's life.

00:53:58What do you mean?

00:54:00I mean you've got

00:54:00to let the other fellow

00:54:01know your strength

00:54:02right from the word go.

00:54:03Otherwise he won't

00:54:04give you any respect.

00:54:05But even if it involves

00:54:06fouling him?

00:54:07Look,

00:54:08I've never liked fowls.

00:54:10They're going on

00:54:11all the time,

00:54:12but if you're spotted

00:54:13it gives the other side

00:54:14an advantage

00:54:14they don't deserve.

00:54:16Is that your only reason,

00:54:17Mr Lomax?

00:54:19What about the fowl

00:54:20that isn't seen,

00:54:21the cold-blooded,

00:54:22calculated fowl?

00:54:23The fowl I think you call

00:54:24the professional fowl,

00:54:26such as the one

00:54:26by which the accused

00:54:27ended Arnold Campbell's

00:54:29career and livelihood.

00:54:30To whose advantage

00:54:30was that?

00:54:31If Kevin Lewis did it,

00:54:33it wasn't a fowl,

00:54:34was it?

00:54:34Are you really suggesting

00:54:35that Arnie Campbell

00:54:36was put out of this game

00:54:37for life by a member

00:54:38of his own team

00:54:38that a Fulchester player

00:54:39would deliberately end

00:54:40the career of his own

00:54:41team's best player?

00:54:44Professional football

00:54:44isn't a five-a-side

00:54:46at a Sunday school picnic.

00:54:48It's big business.

00:54:49And tempers tend to rise high

00:54:51when the money's involved.

00:54:52And Johnny Bates's temper

00:54:53is well known to be

00:54:54one of the roughest

00:54:55in the business,

00:54:55isn't it, Mr Lomax?

00:54:56Not on this occasion,

00:54:57it wasn't.

00:54:58No re-examination,

00:55:02my lord.

00:55:02You may stand down,

00:55:04Mr Lomax.

00:55:09I call Terence Frederick Stein.

00:55:11You are Terence Frederick Stein

00:55:13and you live at

00:55:1424 New Estate,

00:55:15Fulchester.

00:55:16Right and right.

00:55:17What is your occupation?

00:55:19I'm a journalist.

00:55:20What sort of journalism,

00:55:22Mr Stein?

00:55:22I write on cultural topics,

00:55:24my lord.

00:55:25Really?

00:55:26Sir Lloyd,

00:55:28I trust this witness's

00:55:29evidence will prove

00:55:30to be relevant.

00:55:31I'm sure it will,

00:55:32my lord.

00:55:32Are you acquainted

00:55:33with Arnold Campbell

00:55:34or with Kevin Lewis?

00:55:36Yes, with both of them, sir.

00:55:37How did that come about?

00:55:39I first met them

00:55:39in connection with research

00:55:41some articles about soccer

00:55:42since meeting him

00:55:43for the first time

00:55:43and been out with them

00:55:44on several occasions.

00:55:45Alone?

00:55:46Sometimes alone,

00:55:47sometimes with the other

00:55:48Fulchester players.

00:55:49Have you ever met

00:55:49Kevin Lewis alone?

00:55:51Once or twice, yeah.

00:55:53Will you tell the court

00:55:53what you remember

00:55:54of your last meeting with him?

00:55:56Yeah, I met Kevin

00:55:57quite by chance

00:55:58in the centre of town.

00:55:59He'd had quite a lot

00:56:00to drink even though

00:56:01it was only about

00:56:01eight in the evening.

00:56:03It seemed to me

00:56:03he had something

00:56:04on his mind,

00:56:05something he wanted

00:56:05to talk about.

00:56:06I didn't get his

00:56:07vibrations straight away.

00:56:09I beg your pardon,

00:56:09Mr Stein,

00:56:10you didn't what?

00:56:11I didn't know

00:56:12what his hang-up was.

00:56:14Not till we were

00:56:15in the boozer.

00:56:17I asked him

00:56:17what was the matter,

00:56:18not once,

00:56:19not twice,

00:56:19but several times.

00:56:21He wouldn't tell me

00:56:22anything at first,

00:56:23but finally he did.

00:56:23He said he thought

00:56:26Arnie,

00:56:26Campbell that is,

00:56:28was taking money

00:56:28on the sly,

00:56:30taking bribes.

00:56:31Well my lord,

00:56:31I was waiting to see

00:56:32what relevant evidence

00:56:34this witness could possibly give.

00:56:35It is now apparent

00:56:36that anything he has to say

00:56:37is quite inadmissible.

00:56:39This trial is not concerned

00:56:40with a possible bribery

00:56:41of Campbell,

00:56:42but anyway,

00:56:43even the accused himself

00:56:44rejects that possibility.

00:56:45The question to be decided

00:56:46is who kicked Campbell.

00:56:48I'm afraid

00:56:49I have to be against you,

00:56:50Mr Logan.

00:56:51The fact that Lewis believed

00:56:52that Campbell was taking bribes

00:56:53provides a motive

00:56:54for an otherwise

00:56:55inexplicable allegation.

00:56:57Shall we go on?

00:56:58Very well, my lord.

00:56:59Mr Stein,

00:57:00did Kevin Lewis

00:57:01give you any reason

00:57:02for his belief

00:57:02that Campbell was taking bribes?

00:57:04Yeah.

00:57:05He said he'd been with him

00:57:06early in September

00:57:07in the Bar of the Lion Hotel,

00:57:09having a few jars

00:57:10with a fellow

00:57:10I've never had the privilege

00:57:11of meeting

00:57:12who goes under the name

00:57:13of Freddy the Broker.

00:57:14He's well known

00:57:15with the Horses and Dogs mob.

00:57:17According to Kevin,

00:57:19Arnie had been going on a bit

00:57:20about the bad deal

00:57:21he was getting at Forchester

00:57:22when the Broker said,

00:57:25if either of you gents

00:57:26feel like earning

00:57:26some real money,

00:57:28he knows where to find me.

00:57:29What was your reaction?

00:57:31I said,

00:57:32I thought Arnie

00:57:33was incapable

00:57:34of taking money

00:57:34to throw a game.

00:57:36And what did Lewis

00:57:36say to that?

00:57:37Well, he started analysing

00:57:39all of Forchester's

00:57:39recent matches,

00:57:41especially the ones

00:57:41where Arnie'd had a bad game

00:57:43and they'd lost.

00:57:44He was convinced.

00:57:45I couldn't argue with him.

00:57:47Finally, he said,

00:57:49I'm afraid I can't remember

00:57:50the exact words,

00:57:51he said,

00:57:52if Arnie loses us

00:57:54just one more game,

00:57:55I'm going to do something

00:57:56he's going to regret.

00:57:57Did he and Campbell

00:57:58appear to you

00:57:59to be close friends?

00:58:00Well,

00:58:01they went around together

00:58:03but being a star,

00:58:04Campbell didn't have

00:58:04any close friends.

00:58:06And there was

00:58:07the jealousy factor.

00:58:08What do you mean?

00:58:10Well, before Arnie came along,

00:58:12Kevin was king

00:58:13at Forchester

00:58:13until Arnie sent him

00:58:15down into the reserves.

00:58:16That took him

00:58:16a long time to get over.

00:58:18And even then,

00:58:19his contract was peanuts

00:58:20compared with Arnie's.

00:58:22Did Lewis tell you

00:58:22that he felt jealous

00:58:23of Campbell?

00:58:24Several times.

00:58:25And it showed

00:58:26just the way he behaved.

00:58:28I mean,

00:58:28chicks were always

00:58:29ditching him

00:58:29as soon as Arnie

00:58:30walked into the room.

00:58:31I mean,

00:58:31you'd have reacted

00:58:32in the same way

00:58:33as Kevin did.

00:58:34If I was asked

00:58:35to sum up

00:58:35their relationship,

00:58:37is it all right

00:58:37for me to say this,

00:58:38my lord?

00:58:39If it is relevant,

00:58:41Mr Stein,

00:58:41by all means.

00:58:43You see,

00:58:44there's always been

00:58:45a theory of mine

00:58:47that you can divide

00:58:48footballers

00:58:48from all individuals,

00:58:49in fact,

00:58:50into what I call

00:58:50matadors and bulls.

00:58:52Matadors and bulls?

00:58:53Yeah, you see,

00:58:55a player like Arnie,

00:58:56now he's fast,

00:58:57alert, elegant.

00:58:58He's a matador.

00:58:59He knows where it's at.

00:59:00Whereas Kevin Lewis,

00:59:01well, he's a bull.

00:59:02Fruit energy

00:59:03is what he's got to offer.

00:59:04Now, let me get this

00:59:04quite clear, Mr Stein.

00:59:05You are telling us

00:59:06that you believe

00:59:07that Lewis was jealous

00:59:09of Campbell's

00:59:10greatest status

00:59:11and glamour.

00:59:13Dangerously so.

00:59:14This may be

00:59:15a cruel thing to say,

00:59:16but, well,

00:59:17Kevin Lewis is one

00:59:18of those players

00:59:18who'd be much happier

00:59:19if he had their brains

00:59:20removed,

00:59:20thinking only confuses them.

00:59:24Shall we carry on,

00:59:26Mr Lloyd?

00:59:26I don't have

00:59:27any further questions,

00:59:28my lord.

00:59:31Now then,

00:59:31Mr Stein,

00:59:33this story of violence

00:59:34and corruption

00:59:34that you allege

00:59:35Mr Lewis told you,

00:59:36now why should he tell you

00:59:37when he spoke

00:59:37to no one else?

00:59:39Well, I'm afraid

00:59:40I can't tell you

00:59:41what his motives were.

00:59:41That's really something

00:59:42you ought to ask him.

00:59:44You decided to come forward

00:59:45and give evidence

00:59:45after you'd heard

00:59:46that Bates was being

00:59:47charged with the offence?

00:59:49Yeah.

00:59:50Do you know Lewis well?

00:59:51Yes, sir.

00:59:52But how can you be sure

00:59:53that when he said

00:59:54he'd do something,

00:59:54Campbell was going to regret

00:59:55that he wasn't just joking

00:59:57or boasting?

00:59:58Well, he looked

00:59:59and sounded like he meant it.

01:00:00Did you tell anyone else

01:00:01about this threat?

01:00:02No.

01:00:02Why on earth not?

01:00:03Well, I didn't think

01:00:04he meant he'd do something violent.

01:00:06Oh, you deplore violence,

01:00:08do you?

01:00:08I think it's destructive.

01:00:11And you were disturbed

01:00:12by the attack on Campbell?

01:00:14What happened to him

01:00:15was worse than appalling.

01:00:16Yes, of course,

01:00:17as a man of culture,

01:00:18you would think like that,

01:00:19wouldn't you?

01:00:20Exactly what cultural events

01:00:21do you write about,

01:00:22Mr Stein?

01:00:24Underground cinema,

01:00:25left-wing poetry,

01:00:26that sort of thing.

01:00:27And football, of course.

01:00:28I have in my hand

01:00:29a copy of a news sheet

01:00:30called Urban Drum,

01:00:32dated October of last year,

01:00:34in which there is an article

01:00:34bearing your name

01:00:35entitled

01:00:36Football as a Folk Art.

01:00:39It is your work,

01:00:40I take it.

01:00:41Yes.

01:00:42Yes, you wrote,

01:00:44the true significance

01:00:46of football

01:00:46lies not in what it is,

01:00:48but what it gives rise to.

01:00:50What sort of thing

01:00:51does it give rise to

01:00:52exactly, Mr Stein?

01:00:54If you've read the article,

01:00:55you know, don't you?

01:00:56Yes, but I'd like you

01:00:57to tell me.

01:00:57Well, it's a crowd,

01:00:59isn't it?

01:01:00A crowd?

01:01:01Yes, the sense of

01:01:02togetherness you get.

01:01:04Today the crowd

01:01:05no longer comes

01:01:06to see the players,

01:01:07the players come

01:01:08to see the crowd.

01:01:09Yes, right.

01:01:10What does that mean,

01:01:11exactly?

01:01:12Well, like in ancient Rome,

01:01:15what was important

01:01:16wasn't what went on

01:01:17in the arena,

01:01:18but what went on

01:01:19among the spectators.

01:01:21So you would equate

01:01:22football with

01:01:23gladiatorial combats,

01:01:24would you?

01:01:25In a way, yes.

01:01:27And yet you deplore violence?

01:01:30Violence on the field,

01:01:31yeah.

01:01:32In our proletarian age,

01:01:34you say in your article,

01:01:36those who matter

01:01:37stand rock solid

01:01:38behind the goal

01:01:39at Fulchester's brickwork end,

01:01:41and come the half-time whistle,

01:01:42they too have often

01:01:43departed,

01:01:44their business done.

01:01:45What business,

01:01:46my timorous bourgeois friends?

01:01:48That of making the brickwork end

01:01:50an unhealthy place

01:01:51for other forms of life

01:01:52to survive in.

01:01:54Now, how do you make

01:01:55the brickwork end

01:01:56an unhealthy place

01:01:57for other forms of life

01:01:58to survive in,

01:01:59Mr Stein?

01:02:00Why ask if you already know?

01:02:02You must answer the question,

01:02:03Mr Stein.

01:02:05All right.

01:02:07When a visiting team supporters

01:02:08invade our territory

01:02:09at the brickwork end,

01:02:11we kick their heads in.

01:02:12That's the real match.

01:02:14And when we play away from home,

01:02:16the same thing happens to us.

01:02:17Not all the time, of course.

01:02:19And you still maintain

01:02:20that you deplore violence?

01:02:22Unorganised violence, yeah.

01:02:23It's a waste of time.

01:02:24Is that the reason

01:02:25that you and your kind

01:02:26wear metal-tipped boots?

01:02:28It's one way

01:02:28of expressing yourself.

01:02:29A way of expressing yourself

01:02:30in what you choose to call

01:02:31an art form?

01:02:32Look, you should come down

01:02:34to the ground sometime,

01:02:35hear the singing.

01:02:35Perhaps you'd understand.

01:02:37But what has kicking people's heads in

01:02:39with metal-tipped boots

01:02:40got to do with singing?

01:02:41All the best songs

01:02:42come out of conflict.

01:02:43Apart from your somewhat

01:02:44strange contributions

01:02:46to culture, Mr Stein,

01:02:47are you in reality

01:02:48the self-appointed leader

01:02:49of the brickwork end?

01:02:51A lot of people

01:02:52think they're leaders.

01:02:53If other people say I am,

01:02:55then for them I am.

01:02:56And you also claim

01:02:57to have invented

01:02:58Arnold Campbell,

01:03:00don't you?

01:03:00Well, look at it like this.

01:03:02Every society needs

01:03:03its ritual,

01:03:04its golden calf.

01:03:06Sir Forchester adopted

01:03:07Arnie Campbell

01:03:07for a figurehead.

01:03:08We turned him into

01:03:08the king of the brickwork.

01:03:10With you as kingmaker.

01:03:11Is this the only use

01:03:13to which you put

01:03:13your education,

01:03:14Mr Stein?

01:03:14Did you go through

01:03:15university, by the way?

01:03:16No, I didn't.

01:03:16When he offered me

01:03:17a place, I rejected it.

01:03:18I know all I need to know.

01:03:19Including how to lie,

01:03:21it seems.

01:03:21There's no reason

01:03:22why I should lie.

01:03:22I suggest the real reason

01:03:24why you offered

01:03:24to give evidence

01:03:25at this trial

01:03:25was because your

01:03:27Arnie Campbell myth

01:03:28required that his

01:03:28downfall should be

01:03:29avenged

01:03:30and that it should

01:03:31be accounted for

01:03:32by treachery.

01:03:33Are you suggesting

01:03:34I invented my

01:03:35conversation with Lewis?

01:03:36Yes, Mr Stein,

01:03:37that's exactly

01:03:38what I'm suggesting.

01:03:39Look, if I only

01:03:40wanted revenge,

01:03:42I'd hardly invent

01:03:43something that just

01:03:43destroyed the unity

01:03:44of my team now,

01:03:45would I?

01:03:46No further questions,

01:03:47my lord.

01:03:48No re-examination,

01:03:50my lord.

01:03:50You may go,

01:03:51Mr Stein.

01:03:51Before I go,

01:03:53may I show you

01:03:53a photograph?

01:03:55A photograph of what?

01:03:57It's a photograph

01:03:58I took of Kevin Lewis

01:03:59kicking Arnie Campbell

01:04:01at the match.

01:04:22Mr Stein,

01:04:23you say you took

01:04:23this photograph

01:04:24of the match.

01:04:25Where from?

01:04:25From the stand,

01:04:27with a telephoto lens.

01:04:28And you say the

01:04:28player on the ground

01:04:29is Campbell

01:04:29and this is the

01:04:30incident in which

01:04:31he was injured?

01:04:32Right.

01:04:33And it would seem

01:04:33to be the only

01:04:34photograph of the

01:04:35incident in existence.

01:04:36Mr Lloyd?

01:04:40Mr Logan,

01:04:40I think you should

01:04:41see that photograph.

01:04:43Members of the jury,

01:04:44you will have an

01:04:44opportunity to study

01:04:45the photograph

01:04:46in due course.

01:04:48Lloyd,

01:04:49do you wish to ask

01:04:49the witness any

01:04:50questions concerning

01:04:51the photograph?

01:04:52Not at the moment,

01:04:53my lord.

01:04:53Mr Logan?

01:04:55Yes, my lord,

01:04:56I think I do.

01:04:56Mr Stein,

01:04:59you told us that

01:05:00this shows Kevin

01:05:00Lewis kicking

01:05:01Campbell.

01:05:02And it doesn't,

01:05:03does it?

01:05:04Well, it was just

01:05:04after, and there's

01:05:06Lewis standing over it.

01:05:08You were looking

01:05:08through the camera

01:05:09during this incident

01:05:09and you snapped

01:05:11the photograph just

01:05:11after Lewis kicked

01:05:12him?

01:05:12Yeah, right.

01:05:14Did you actually see

01:05:14him kick him then?

01:05:16Oh, no.

01:05:17I saw something going

01:05:18on so I had a quick

01:05:19squint through my lens

01:05:20and took a snap.

01:05:21But the important

01:05:22thing is that Campbell

01:05:24had only just hit the

01:05:24ground and there's

01:05:25Lewis standing over

01:05:26him putting the

01:05:27boot in.

01:05:28Well, I can see him

01:05:28standing over him,

01:05:29Mr Stein, but I can't

01:05:31see him putting the

01:05:31boot in.

01:05:34No further questions,

01:05:35my lord.

01:05:36You may stand down.

01:05:37Oh, my lord.

01:05:38Yes, sir.

01:05:38I beg your lordship's

01:05:39pardon, but there is

01:05:40one further question I

01:05:40would like to put to

01:05:41the witness.

01:05:42It arises from the

01:05:42photograph and I

01:05:43haven't had an

01:05:44opportunity of studying

01:05:44it until now.

01:05:46Very well, Mr Logan.

01:05:47Mr Stein, there is

01:05:48another player there

01:05:49too, isn't there,

01:05:50with his back to the

01:05:50camera, standing and

01:05:51looking down at Campbell.

01:05:52I believe it's a

01:05:53Port Hampton player,

01:05:54isn't it?

01:05:55Yeah.

01:05:56Yes, only part of the

01:05:57number on his shirt is

01:05:58showing, but it seems

01:05:59the only number it

01:05:59could be is number

01:06:00three, a Port Hampton

01:06:01player with a number

01:06:02three shirt.

01:06:03Now, who would that

01:06:04be?

01:06:05Bates.

01:06:06But he's miles away.

01:06:07No, Mr Stein, he's not

01:06:09miles away.

01:06:09He's quite close, in fact.

01:06:10And the important thing

01:06:11is that he's looking down

01:06:12at Campbell on the

01:06:13ground, but Bates in his

01:06:14evidence stated quite

01:06:15clearly that he wasn't

01:06:16even aware that Campbell

01:06:18had fallen.

01:06:19Hmm.

01:06:20Mr Lloyd?

01:06:23No further questions,

01:06:24my lord.

01:06:24You may go, Mr Stein.

01:06:26We will keep your

01:06:26photograph.

01:06:27It will be returned to

01:06:28you later.

01:06:30Mr Lloyd, I feel this

01:06:31new evidence is something

01:06:32which should be examined.

01:06:34It is a matter for you,

01:06:35of course, but I think

01:06:35you should consider

01:06:36whether or not the

01:06:37accused should be

01:06:38recalled.

01:06:38As you wish, my lord.

01:06:39Will you return to the

01:06:40witness box, Mr.

01:06:41Lentz?

01:06:41You are still on oath,

01:06:52Mr Bates.

01:06:53Aye.

01:06:54Lloyd?

01:06:55Well, I have no

01:06:55questions, my lord, but

01:06:57no doubt my learned

01:06:57friend has.

01:06:58Yes, Mr Bates, when you

01:07:00were giving evidence

01:07:01before, you told us you

01:07:02did not see Campbell fall

01:07:04to the ground.

01:07:04You said, I did not

01:07:06really notice at the

01:07:06time, I did not fall, I

01:07:08ran off to clear the

01:07:09ball, and that

01:07:10immediately you touched

01:07:11the ground you ran off

01:07:11following the play.

01:07:12I think you got that

01:07:13wrong.

01:07:13I don't think that's

01:07:14quite what I said.

01:07:15I'm afraid it was, Mr

01:07:16Bates.

01:07:16My note tallies exactly

01:07:17with Mr Lovans.

01:07:18What does your note

01:07:19say, Mr Lloyd?

01:07:20Yes, my lord, my note

01:07:20also tallies with that

01:07:21of your lordship and

01:07:22of my learned friend.

01:07:24You told the jury that

01:07:25because you wished

01:07:26them to believe that

01:07:26you were nowhere near

01:07:27Campbell when he was

01:07:28on the ground.

01:07:28Look, I was nowhere

01:07:29near Campbell when he

01:07:30was on the ground.

01:07:31Will you look at this

01:07:31photograph, Mr Bates?

01:07:37Now, that shows,

01:07:38does it not?

01:07:38Campbell on the ground

01:07:39and you with your

01:07:40back to the camera

01:07:41looking down at him.

01:07:42Yeah.

01:07:43So you lied to the jury,

01:07:44didn't you, when you

01:07:45told them that you

01:07:45didn't even see

01:07:46Campbell on the ground?

01:07:47Well, yes, I did.

01:07:50Look, I thought with all

01:07:52that stuff about

01:07:52fanny plates and

01:07:53threatening to put them

01:07:54in hospital, well, I

01:07:55thought I just couldn't

01:07:56afford to tell the truth.

01:07:57I mean, it was stupid,

01:07:58I know, but look, I just

01:07:59didn't kick him.

01:08:01I wouldn't dare.

01:08:03I'd never be allowed to

01:08:03play football again.

01:08:04Mr Lyon?

01:08:08No re-examination,

01:08:10my lord.

01:08:11You may return to the dock,

01:08:12Mr Bates.

01:08:13Mr Logan.

01:08:22Members of the jury,

01:08:24the simple question

01:08:25before you in this case

01:08:26is, which of two

01:08:27professional players

01:08:28deliberately and callously

01:08:30kicked another player?

01:08:32A player more brilliant

01:08:33than either of them

01:08:33and so ended his career.

01:08:36Now, only two players

01:08:37were close enough to do it.

01:08:38Which do you think

01:08:39the more probable?

01:08:40Bates, the member

01:08:41of the opposing team,

01:08:42the fading player,

01:08:44jealous of Campbell,

01:08:45the rising star,

01:08:46or Lewis, Campbell's

01:08:48own team-mate?

01:08:50Now, the only possible

01:08:51motive ascribed to Lewis

01:08:53was given by that

01:08:54witness, Terence Stein,

01:08:56who said Lewis had

01:08:57told him that he,

01:08:58Lewis, believed

01:08:59Campbell was taking

01:09:00bribes.

01:09:00But do you really think

01:09:01Stein is a person

01:09:02whose evidence you

01:09:03can accept?

01:09:05Now, I submit not.

01:09:07Putting the matter

01:09:07shortly, members of the

01:09:08jury, what is more

01:09:09probable that Campbell

01:09:10was kicked by his

01:09:11own team-mate or by

01:09:12Bates, one of the

01:09:14opposing team, who,

01:09:16according to the

01:09:16Fulchester chairman,

01:09:17Mr. Harris, broke

01:09:18down and actually

01:09:19confessed to him?

01:09:20Well, the answer's

01:09:21obvious, isn't it?

01:09:23Accordingly, I ask you

01:09:24to return a verdict

01:09:25of guilty.

01:09:27Members of the jury,

01:09:28on December the 15th

01:09:30of last year, in the

01:09:3076th minute of a

01:09:32football match, Arnold

01:09:33Campbell was kicked on

01:09:34the hip and put out

01:09:35a football for life.

01:09:37Immediately after that

01:09:37incident, John Bates

01:09:39was set upon and

01:09:39surrounded by

01:09:40Fulchester players.

01:09:42He was confused and

01:09:43bewildered then, as he

01:09:44is confused and

01:09:45bewildered now.

01:09:46For he knows he did

01:09:47not commit the

01:09:48offence, but he also

01:09:49knows that he is

01:09:50suspect number one.

01:09:52For he has freely

01:09:52admitted he's a hard

01:09:53player.

01:09:54He has freely admitted

01:09:55he disliked Campbell.

01:09:57And he's even admitted

01:09:58that he threatened to

01:09:58put Fulchester players in

01:09:59hospital.

01:10:01And as suspect number

01:10:02one, I must ask you

01:10:03to believe that he

01:10:04reacted understandably

01:10:06by denying he saw

01:10:07Campbell on the

01:10:08ground.

01:10:09Members of the jury,

01:10:09that was a lie.

01:10:11And Bates has now

01:10:11admitted it.

01:10:12But he has never, at

01:10:14any time, admitted

01:10:15kicking Campbell.

01:10:16And I believe that to

01:10:17be true.

01:10:18I ask you, if Bates, as

01:10:20a professional footballer

01:10:21of 16 years standing,

01:10:23really wanted to

01:10:24cripple Campbell, do

01:10:26you think he'd throw

01:10:26away his wage packet

01:10:27and jeopardise his wife

01:10:29and children's standard

01:10:30of living in such an

01:10:32insane way?

01:10:34Now, the defence's

01:10:34only duty in this case

01:10:35is to show to you that

01:10:37Bates did not deliver

01:10:38that kick.

01:10:38But I'll go further,

01:10:39and I'll suggest to

01:10:40you who did.

01:10:41On December the 15th,

01:10:43in the 73rd minute of

01:10:44the match, Campbell

01:10:45missed a penalty.

01:10:46And in the 76th minute,

01:10:48he was kicked on the

01:10:48hip as he lay on the

01:10:49ground.

01:10:51Members of the jury,

01:10:52I put it to you,

01:10:53that that kick was the

01:10:55culmination of months

01:10:56of bitterness and

01:10:57frustration within

01:10:58Fulchester United, and

01:10:59it was delivered by

01:11:00Kevin Lewis.

01:11:02Accordingly, I must

01:11:03ask you to find my

01:11:04client, John Bates,

01:11:05not guilty.

01:11:09Members of the jury,

01:11:11during this case, we

01:11:12have heard some very

01:11:13disillusioning things.

01:11:15Some of you may have

01:11:16been shocked, as I have

01:11:17been, to find that such

01:11:18things do occur in what

01:11:19most of us regard as a

01:11:21clean game.

01:11:23Well, apparently and

01:11:24regrettably, they do

01:11:25occur.

01:11:26And it would seem that

01:11:27our idols of the sports

01:11:28field sometimes turn out

01:11:29to have feet of clay.

01:11:32However, you must not

01:11:33allow this to sway you

01:11:34one way or the other,

01:11:36because you are here to

01:11:38consider the facts and

01:11:39only the facts.

01:11:41Now, it is a contention

01:11:42of counsel for the

01:11:43prosecution that Bates

01:11:45kicked Campbell

01:11:46viciously and deliberately

01:11:47while he lay on the

01:11:48ground, and thereby ended

01:11:50his footballing career.

01:11:52It is a case for the

01:11:54defence that that damaging

01:11:55kick was, in fact,

01:11:56delivered by Kevin

01:11:57Lewis, a member of

01:11:59Campbell's own team.

01:12:01Now, we have heard that

01:12:02both the defendant and

01:12:03Lewis had grudges against

01:12:05Campbell, so that would

01:12:06provide a motive in

01:12:08either case.

01:12:09The photograph which the

01:12:10last witness produced

01:12:11will show you, as you can

01:12:12see for yourselves, that

01:12:13either player could have

01:12:14done the kicking, so it

01:12:15won't really help you to

01:12:16make your decision, and

01:12:18though it may serve to

01:12:19remind you that Bates did

01:12:20lie under oath.

01:12:23So it is a matter for

01:12:24you.

01:12:24Who are you going to

01:12:25believe?

01:12:26The defendant and his

01:12:27team manager, or Kevin

01:12:29Lewis and the referee?

01:12:31Remember, it is for the

01:12:33prosecution to have

01:12:34proved beyond reasonable

01:12:35doubt that Bates did

01:12:37deliver that kick.

01:12:39In law, the defendant is

01:12:40not required to prove

01:12:41anything at all.

01:12:43If you have any doubt in

01:12:44your mind whatsoever that

01:12:46Bates was the offending

01:12:48player, then you must

01:12:50acquit him of the charge.

01:12:53Members of the jury, you

01:12:54will now retire and

01:12:55consider your verdict.

01:13:00All stand.

01:13:10Members of the jury, will

01:13:12your foreman please stand?

01:13:14Just answer this question,

01:13:15yes or no.

01:13:16Have you reached a verdict

01:13:17upon which you are all

01:13:18agreed?

01:13:19Yes.

01:13:20Do you find the prisoner

01:13:21guilty or not guilty of

01:13:23assault occasioning actual

01:13:24bodily harm?

01:13:25Not guilty.

01:13:27I see.

01:13:29You may leave the dock,

01:13:30Mr. Bates.

01:13:31You are discharged.

01:13:32Court will rise.

01:13:33Next week, you can join another

01:13:44jury when our cameras return

01:13:46to watch a leading case

01:13:47in the Crown Court.

01:13:48Court will rise.

01:14:03For Ayers Labrador to watch a

01:14:15Ó.

Crown Court - Settling a Score (1973)

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