Old Style Committal

The crown decided to put the evidence they had at what is called an old style committal. That is where they present their evidence in front of, in this case it was a stipendiary magistrate (a paid magistrate usually a lawyer ) to determine whether there is enough evidence for the case to continue. Although there were 187 witness statements taken, there were only 9 people who witnessed anything in relation to the assault on Tony Gorman. I have posted all their statements, but just to recap they were:- Gary Sewell, Jason Colman, Mark Branham, Caroline Scott, Clifford Ellis, Colin Lord, Terry Meierhofer, Gary Daw and Shelley Mitchelson.
The CPS took the peculiar decision to only present Gary Sewell’s evidence at the committal. Before I go on, just stop and think about that for a moment. A young man has been savagely beaten and although the Crown can no longer link that beating with his death, some people said “conveniently”. All the man hours that went into investigating (excuse me while I laugh ) this Murder, I still call it Murder, not like the CPS who in my opinion used the 2nd Pathologists report as a way out of the whole fucking mess they got themselves into. Anyway after all the so called hard work the police did, they offer Gary Sewell as their star witness. The one person they believe can get them a conviction. Forget Gary Daw and Shelley Mitchelson who both picked out Gary Withers on ID parades. Against that evidence they go after Karl instead.
The courts had set aside 5 days in which to hear the committal and the big day eventually arrives, after 3 hours the case collapses. I will post the press cuttings for you to read. You have to ask yourself something, did the CPS and the Police really expect or even want this case to get past the committal? I suggest they most definitely DID NOT! Why then would you only offer as a witness Gary Sewell, who on numerous occasions had said it was definitely not Karl? The crown knew full well what this bombshell would do; it would put to bed this whole damn mess. What’s nearly as bad is the general public in King’s Lynn were not particularly bothered. It was just fish and chip wrapping paper to them.