Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - V

[Perdita]

That prosecutor, even taking into account she's doing her job is a smarmy slimey bitch. I've never believed in this crap about yes or no sole answers.

Also Imran would normally have re-questioned Yasmeen on most points really rather than just letting the prosecutor's story of possible events stand .. why was she wearing a wig but Imran did not???

[parkerman]

Everyone seems to forget the legal system is completely different in Weatherfield. The mistake everyone usually makes is in assuming that Weatherfield is in the UK. It is not. It is an entirely separate country with its own laws and rules. This applies not only to the legal system but also to the way their local council operates.

[Son of Cain]

Also Imran would normally have re-questioned Yasmeen on most points really rather than just letting the prosecutor's story of possible events stand .. why was she wearing a wig but Imran did not???

I am just guessing about this but she is probably a barrister and Imran is not, he is a solicitor. I think only barristers where wigs.

Re: "yes and no answers" this is a tactic employed to avoid "if buts and maybe" or anything that might further explain why something was done or said. It is the defence counsel's job to bring this during cross examination.

[Jadefalcon]

I am just guessing about this but she is probably a barrister and Imran is not, he is a solicitor. I think only barristers where wigs.

Re: "yes and no answers" this is a tactic employed to avoid "if buts and maybe" or anything that might further explain why something was done or said. It is the defence counsel's job to bring this during cross examination.

It's a bit rich though to badger witnesses with tactics like "Are you a mind reader" when she's doing exactly the same thing and even worse, getting away with it.

[lizann]

i didn't think a solicitor could represent at at jury criminal trial thought it had to be a barrister

[parkerman]

i didn't think a solicitor could represent at at jury criminal trial thought it had to be a barrister

It is highly unusual, but a solicitor can represent a client in court. There is no reason in law why they cannot.

[tammyy2j]

I think she tampered with Kevin's car or Abi's to stop them getting to lodge an appeal against the planning application in time

She could cause Kevin to have an accident, injuring or killing her brother, too much Debbie

I hope Yasmeen does get off, I hate the smirk off Geoff but both actors are playing blinders in the storyline

[Son of Cain]

It's a bit rich though to badger witnesses with tactics like "Are you a mind reader" when she's doing exactly the same thing and even worse, getting away with it.

This what barristers do, they put you under pressure in an attempt to get you to contradict yourself or catch you out on a lie to discredit you with the jury. The police do the same thing in interview, in the first interview, they encourage you to talk to gather information, then in the second interview they try to get you to contradict what you have already said. A barrister can put forward an alternative story, again to suggest the defence the accused is using is untrue. The defence barrister can object and it is for the judge to decide what is permitted and what is not. I am not sure that the way this trial is being shown would compare to a real trial, I think we must assume a certain amount of "poetic licence" is being used.

[Son of Cain]

She could cause Kevin to have an accident, injuring or killing her brother, too much Debbie

I hope Yasmeen does get off, I hate the smirk off Geoff but both actors are playing blinders in the storyline

I don't think we are sure whose car it is. It seemed that Debbie reached into the footwell and picked something up, altho' we could not see what it was. I cannot think of anything there that would cause an accident. In fact I cannot think of anything that would be there at all, as it could get under the pedals and cause a crash. Perhaps she had previously put a listening device there and was retrieving it. Suppose all will be made clear and we will have to wait and see what it was.

[Perdita]

Well, now we know it is Kevin's car and Debbie planted some foil to make Kev think Abi is back on drugs ... she is evil ...glad that this storyline will conclude soon too........