Helen Lord, a maths teacher at Fulchester's John Fordhurst secondary school, is accused of wounding a police officer with a chisel. The court will hear that Miss Lord went to Calderley police station to speak to Detective Bretherton about the contents of a letter which he had sent to the headmistress of the school, advising her that Miss Lord was not suitable to work with children. When she was denied access to Detective Bretherton, she 'went berserk' and attacked the desk sergeant. The decision of the headmistress to employ Miss Lord without checking references is also being brought into question.

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One of the accused, Trevor Luckhurst, takes the witness stand, but his behaviour doesn't help his case.

In his summing up, the defence barrister James Elliot QC accuses the night watchman of extreme anti-left wing bias. Could this save the young couple?

The spurned lover of a Church of England clergyman is accused of blackmail after threatening to expose their affair unless the vicar pays £400.

When Rev. Frank Warrender gives contradicting evidence, Charles Lotterby asks the judge to treat him as hostile witness. Police Inspector Savage confirms that it was Mrs Warrender who brought the blackmail letters to the police.

Following Janet Brewer's revelations about her health and her breakdown, the judge turns down Barry Deeley's request to dismiss the case. Despite pleas from her doctor and father the judge maintains there is still a case to answer.

Fulchester's notorious Curl brothers are accused of demanding money with menaces and GBH. The court will hear that the brothers had been conducting a reign of terror over Fulchester's club and bar owners through a Chicago-style protection racket. After refusing to pay the brothers for protection, a number of club owners suffered injuries ranging from falls down stairs, feet burned with electric fires and attacks with hammers. Indeed, one of the brother's own enforcers has disappeared and is believed to have been buried under the new M16 motorway foundations. The defense insist that the brothers are legitimate businessmen.

The second day of the trial of brothers George and Arnold Curl. The pair are accused of running a Fulchester protection racket. Much of the evidence comes from Stephen Telfer, a club owner who is now in a coma following a savage beating.

Facing a second day under cross examination, George Curl claims he found religion while in Reading Gaol. However his brother Arnold gets rattled when questioned about hiring Arther McGraw to injure Stephen Telfer.

On the final day of the trial, Prison Officer Robert Ager takes the stand. in his own defence. Barrister Barry Deeley maintains that Agar was bullied and threatened, by Lanigan, into bringing illegal goods into the prison

A prison officer at Fulchester's Park Moor Prison is charged with accepting bribes to smuggle a number of prohibited items into and out of the prison by an inmate, who is also facing charges.

Detective Inspector Barber returns to the stand to give details of the arrest of Prison Officer Robert Agar. Angela Mercer evidence indicated that Agar took items inside the prison, for George Lanigan, in return for sexual favours.

Photographer Alleyn Griffin gives evidence about Natasha Marlowe erratic behaviour at the party. Marlowe takes the stand, in her own defence, and confesses that she has taken so much L.S.D that she has little memory of the night.

Lingerie model Kathleen Nolan gives evidence of the events leading to the death of Norman Mattson, at the 501 Club. Rita Mattson takes the stand and claims in the 8 years of her marriage she never knew how the silver bullet trick worked.

Rita Mattson is cross examined by James Elliot QC. She is rattled when he claims her husband was threatening to leave her for a younger woman. Brig. Sir Ferdinand Tennyson-Pusey gives evidence about how he believed gun trick worked.

A night security firm stands accused of attacking a young courting couple with dogs and truncheons after they had entered a private development via a hole in the perimeter fence. The couple claim the attack took place outside the fence after they had left the premises. The firm's right to use truncheons is also being questioned by the prosecution.

Barrister John Lloyd attempts to show victims Annabel Nelson and Derek Latimer as radicals who were deliberating trespassing on Transecure property. Colonel G.H. Hore-Davis gives evidence on Transecure employees use of violence.

Barrister John Lloyd claims Transecure employees were provoked by the young couple. The judge refuses to drop the case against William Cooke. The defence will now argue that Transcure employees can carry truncheons on private property.

A militant trade union activist is accused of stirring up trouble on a picket line outside a newspaper headquarters. The defense are suggesting that there is a political motive behind his arrest but the judge has insisted that the trial must not be turned into a political debate.

The judge rejects Charles Lotterby's request to make this a political trial and ask political questions. He then asks Sgt. Kershaw why a senior office ordered him to arrest Donald Dowd, simply because he was considered a troublemaker.

Political agitator Donald Dowd spends a second day in the witness box cross examined by Andrew Logan QC. The barrister attempts to goad Dowd it to exposing his radical politics and whether it is acceptable to use violence.

Archie McNeil is a bigamist. He married three women under Islamic Law in Somalia, where he has business interests, and a further three women in the U.K. Is he just a hopeless romantic? (The press have dubbed him 'The blue-beard of Scotland'). Or did he, as the prosecution claim, marry his wives for financial gain? After being traced by a Private Detective to a hotel room in Scarborough, where he was on honeymoon with wife number six, Mr McNeil must now explain his actions in court.

When Agnes McNeill interrupted the court, it was then discovered that she was yet another woman claiming to be the wife of Archie. All three of the wives give evidence but Agnes claims she went to Somalia, with him, but returned home.

Archie McNeill gives evidence claim and to be a strict Muslim thus voiding the bigamy charge against him. The woman were considered to be living in sin. He still charged with false representation and attempting to gain money be deception.

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Erika Brabazon is cross examined by Charles Lotterby. He queries Ronald Halsey's outburst, in court, that she was "fitting him up" and the pair had once been in an relationship. Charlie Binns give details of how the painting was found.

Ronald Halsey is cross examined about his finances, at the time of the robbery. It is said he owed Erika Brabazon £90 for another painting and £1,250 loan. However art expert James Thorley claims the Pizarro painting is actually a fake.

A doctor, and the mental institute at which he works, are being sued for damages by a young woman. Whilst living as a patient at the mental institute, the young woman became pregnant. She claims that the doctor performed an abortion on her against her will and knowledge. The doctor is well known for his controversial views on genetics, which to some appear similar to those held by NAZI ideologists in the 1930's. Barry Deeley QC leads the prosecution.

Prof. Esmond Seagrave counters Dr. Paul Richards' argument that anyone who has a IQ under 85 should be sterilised. The girl at centre of the case, Sarah Abbs, gives evidence but has limited understanding of anything other than her lost baby.

Dr. Paul Richards defends his actions in giving Sarah Abbs an abortion. He claims she was violent and he'd gave her a stable existence. Barry Deeley accuses Richards of playing god and failing to explain, to Sarah, the consequences.

The Personnel Manager of a metal factory is accused of stealing a coat belonging to the Managing Director. The prosecution claim that this relatively trivial offence was just the latest in a long line of petty crimes against the Managing Director by the accused, which began after he was served with a redundancy notice.

Philip Samkins, the former owner of Wright-Samkins Metals Ltd is cross examined. What started as a simple theft has now spread it's net to cover malice and a work-in. Samkins is accused of fabricating a charge against Graham Erringburn.

Graham Erringburn is called to give evidence. Erringburn denies taking the coat and claims he only picked it up in error. Jonathan Fry QC counters that Philip Samkins had humiliated him and he took the £200 coat out of revenge.

A ten year old girl has accused a man of groping her as she made her way past his seat in the cinema. However, it is the girls' mother who is in the dock accused of blackmailing the man, demanding money from him in return for not reporting the incident to the police. The man denies the child's' accusation and claims that he had slapped her leg for being rude to him.

Geoffrey Hainton's agent Michael Lawford-Brown gives evidence and claims he overheard Grace Moresby demanding £100. Barrister Helen Tate calls John Bray, a witness who contacted her claiming to have vital information.

Grace Moresby claims Geoffrey Hainton offered her £100 to keep quiet about a sexual assault. The prosecution, however, claim Mrs. Moresby, desperately, needed money because she was paying off her sister's debts when she fled to America

An African couple are accused of deliberately trying to run over the man who, for the past nine years, has been the foster parent of their young daughter. It appears that a custody battle for the young girl between the natural parents and the foster parents has turned into something more sinister. The incident, which took place in a pub car park, appears to be just one of many in a series of unpleasant acts against the foster parents.

Peggy Hathaway is cross examined by Haverstock Brown QC after she claimed she was persecuted by Thuo Kamuny who she claims, took part in black magic. Dr. Percival claims Kamuny was the driver who attempted to run over William Hathaway.

Chege Mwangi who was a passenger, in the car that ran down, William Hathaway is cross examined. Mirika Kamuny denies trying to knock Hathaway down by opening the passenger door but adds the spirits might be acting through her.

A theatre production company is charged with breaching obscenity laws following the performance of a play at the Fulchester Palace Theatre. The performance, which included nudity and sex acts, led to dozens of complaints being made to the Fulchester Echo. The defence insist that the trial cannot continue until the jury has watched a performance of the play. The prosecution insist that reading the script should suffice. The judge has a decision to make on this issue before the trial can proceed.

Actress Mandy Jenkins tells how she was sacked from "Public Lives" when she claimed the play became obscene. Author E.W. Appleby states he had his name removed from the credits, after the dress rehearsal, when the actors performed nude.

Jeremy Williams continues giving evidence, in his defence, and denies making an indecent or obscene production. Michael Standing MP gives his views on censorship and compares the differences between theatre and television.

A Belgian mercenary soldier is charged with treason after leading an uprising in Santa Isabella, a small British dependency. The defense argue that as the accused is not a British national, he owes no allegiance to the Queen and therefore cannot possibly be charged with treason.

Special Branch officer Det. Chief Supt. Lane explains the reasons behind arrest of mercenary George Clement, in Fulchester. He provides numerous recordings of conversations with fellow mercenary Hans Schneider, taken from a tapped phone.

Clement tells the court how the raid on Santa Isobella was botched. He adds that he can't be charged with treason because he doesn't have any allegiance to the Crown. Margaret Clement claims the hotel they own was signed over to her.

An author is accused of blackmail after writing a book titled 'Just Good Friends?' in which he claimed that the close relationship between two eminent former M.P.s (one of whom has recently died) was of a homosexual nature. The author denies the charge and claims that he was offered £15000 not to publish the book by the surviving Member of Parliament, who wanted to keep the nature of the relationship quiet. The politician denies that the relationship was homosexual and claims he was blackmailed by the author. Helen Tate QC puts the case for the defense while Charles Lotterby QC prosecutes.

Miss Stella Pickford, the secretary of J.P. Garford, gives evidence about her dealings with Nigel Beaumont. She claims Beaumont doctored photographs to imply an affair with her boss. She paid him £10,000 but cancelled the cheque.

Nigel Beaumont is called to give evidence and wanted to highlight the hypocrisy of the previous generation. He says Sir Richard Jeffcoate paid him bury the book while Stella Pickford wanted an authorised book of J.P. Garford.

Just minutes before his death through illness, Charles Laker told his doctor that he believed he had been cursed. Adelaide Vincente, the head of a little-known Fulchester witches coven, stands accused of murder. A witness from the medical profession tells the court of a growing belief among doctors that causing death and injury by witchcraft is indeed possible. For some, the trial begins to revive memories of the witchcraft trials of the seventeenth century.

Anne Silk tells how maidens, of the Fulchester Witchcraft Coven, are expected to part in sex orgies. Adelaide Vincent put a life curse of Charles Laker who has since died. Rev. Felix Garmonsway gives evidence about the black arts.

Adelaide Vincent claims she is not a witch and only in it for the money. She also denies that she has been involved in a sex orgy claiming Anne Silk is lying to discredit her. Vincent distances herself from any curse on Charles Lake.

A stressed mother is accused of attempting to murder her 14 month old son after he is admitted to Fulchester General Hospital with life-threatening injuries. The mother claims the injuries were sustained when the baby fell down a flight of stairs while she was busy dealing with a leaking washing machine. Charles Lotterby QC, puts the case for the defense, while Helen Tate QC prosecutes.

Archibald Webster, of the Social Services, tells the court that Sheena had pleaded for help after admitting losing self control and hitting baby Peter. For defence, Sheena's GP, Dr. Park plays down the scale of baby Peter injuries.

Sheena Smithson fled court following provocation from prosecutor Helen Tate, who attempted to use a violent incident while on remand. Social worker Alison James explains the extreme pressure the defendant was under from her in-laws.

School teacher Juliet Tomlin is accused of indecently assaulting one of her 15 year old pupils. She denies the charge, but it has come to light that the pupil, named in court only as Robin, recently spent two nights at the house of the teacher. Were the pair conducting an illicit affair, or did they simply become the victims of misplaced playground and staffroom gossip?

John Gilroy became suspicious of his son Robin when he saw a change in his character. He later learned he had become too friendly with teacher Juliet Tomlin. All attempts to end their friendship failed. Robin Gilroy gives his evidence.

Dr. Eva Penny cautions that some of Robin's account maybe fantasy. Teacher Juliet Tomlin takes the stand denying they had a sexual relationship. When Robin told her he loved her she felt he overstepped the bounds of their friendship.

An acclaimed political author stands accused of the rare crime of 'incitement to disaffection', in other words, encouraging two young soldiers serving in Northen Ireland to desert the army. The prosecution claim that the idea to desert the army only entered the soldier's minds after reading his book, which criticized the way in which the British Army was behaving in the province.

Trooper Dugdale maintains that visiting defendant Parfitt was the catalyst for his and Ronald Fisk's desertion. Major Hughes found Dugdale with Parfitt's book and confiscated. In his absence, Trooper Ronald Fisk's father takes the stand.

Author Arthur Charles Parfitt defends "Trespass Under Arms" and denies the charge of Sedition. His aim was to highlight the effects war has on the civilian population and he denies he paid any part in Trooper William Dugdale going AWOL.

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Edward Bennington's former wife Jocelyn gives evidence of his violent ranges and bouts of jealousy. Mrs. Nellie Kent tells of overhearing a telephone call on the night of the fire, where a drunken Bennington warns everyone to be careful.

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A Fulchester man has pleaded guilty to obtaining money by deception but now faces a more serious charge of arson, which he denies. The latter charge follows a fire at a Fulchester antique shop.

Peter Elgar's former business partner Gerald Stroud is called as a surprise witness. Elgar told him his landlord was going to increase the lease substantially. He then told Stroud the shop could go up in flames as far as he was concerned.

Jeremy Parsons QC queries Peter Elgar over the 5 gallon drum ,of petrol, found in the back of his shop. Mr. Justice Mitchener also wants to make clear that if blankets and the petrol were closer the fire would simply have smoldered.

Following relegation Fulchester Rovers manager Aleksander Gruda is sacked. However he claims players Skelhorne, McIver and Appledene deliberately played badly in order to achieve this end. All three now stand trial for conspiracy.

Barney Skelhorn's ex-wife Margaret tells how she overheard the three players discussing how they would have to be careful against under performing United. They decided to give away penalties. Margaret later passed this on to manager Gruda.

Prosecuter Sara Lewis highlights the discipline issues the three Fulchester United players had with their manager. Appledene is accused talking to another club. Chairman Brian Martindale gives his reasons for sacking Aleksander Gruda.

Irene Rutland faces charges of theft, criminal damage and wounding a police officer. The officer was called to a restaurant after Mrs. Rutland was involved in an argument over what she considered an excessive bill. The prosecution argue that she was in a drunken rage and struck the officer while resisting arrest. She was also found in possession of a handbag belonging to another woman - Linda Brightson - and she is also charged with theft of this item and damage to the restaurant. The Defence accept there was a disagreement but argue Mrs. Rutland did not steal the handbag and that the officer was injured by accident.

Linda Brightson accuses the defendant of taking her handbag at the Carpenter's Arms. Mrs. Rutland denies the charge, claiming she was looking for a lost her purse. At the restaurant she panicked when owner Spiros Platonos locked the door.

Irene Rutland, attempts to get the two assault charges dropped, by saying she was unaware she was arrested when she hit out. Her employer, Bryan Hodge admits that following the death of her husband she started drinking after work.

Two mountaineers died in an unsuccessful attempt to scale the Choga Sar in the Himalayas. That ill-fated expedition is now the subject of a libel trial. Captain Piers Bowman who led the climb alleged in a TV documentary that the men died as a result of the cowardly and negligent behaviour of fellow climber Dennis Wainwright. Wainwright argues the allegations were false: he behaved completely properly in dreadful conditions and the men's deaths could not have been prevented. He suggests Bowman has made the claims because he is unable to cope with failure and is looking for a scapegoat.

The effects of hallucinogenic drugs provide a theme in this case. Peta Best, a leading sixties fashion photographer, has been found dead in her studio with a cloth pushed down her throat. Natasha Marlow, a young model who was with Peta Best at the time of her death, is charged with murder but claims that herself and the photographer were 'freaking out' after an L.S.D. session and she would therefore have been incapable of committing murder. Light is shed on the sleazy world of pornography as the trial progresses.

Dr. Abel tells the court about the benefits of oxygen at altitude but refuses to be drawn on Dennis Wainright's case. Capt. Bowman reiterates his accusation of cowardice. He claims that Wainwright lied about Nielsen dying in a fall.

Joseph Berenson says climber Stephen McPhail had been dead for days despite a lack of evidence. John Lloyd accuses Bowman, Berenson and Westlake of conspiring to apportion blame on Wainwright for Bowman's failures that led to two deaths.

Natasha Marlow is cross examinined by Jonathan Fry QC after it was revealed she threatened to kill Peta Best while high on drugs. The defence called Sister Joanna Forbush but her evidence, based on Marlow's therapy, proved problematic.

Rock musician Lance Porter is suing his father Reverend Fortescue Porter in a civil case. He composed a rock opera called "Jesus, Baby!" about the nativity. He promised his father the copyright to the show on the understanding that if he fell on hard times he would receive part of the proceeds. However his father then spent all the considerable revenue on charitable causes even though he strongly disapproved of the content and style of the show. Reverend Fortescue says he did nothing wrong. At the time neither he nor his son expected the production to make money. In his view Lance has not fallen on hard times and has no need for any share.

A man is left paralyzed after being shot on his own doorstep following an argument about a betting slip. Two brothers living next door stand accused of attempted murder but claim the gun went off by accident during a scuffle.

The first day's proceedings came to halt when prosecution witness Madge Gorman failed to show. When Mrs. Gorman appears, today, she has an obvious black eye, so the judge warns her should she change her original evidence.

Martin Thornton, the older of two brothers, claims that far from the being the perpetrators of the shooting he and brothers were the victims of a smear campaign. Prosecuter Helen Tate maintains that the gun used was theirs.

Count Alucard, a Dracula-themed illusionist, is shot dead on stage when a stunt involving a gun goes horribly wrong. His assistant (his wife, Rita) is accused of having tampered with the gun, killing him after discovering yet another of his affairs. did she purposely kill her husband, or was the gun faulty?