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Topic History of: 130K Mr Evans? My defence has cost me a million so far...
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JK2006	Biggest costs; Barristers (QCs) for pre trial, trials (two) and appeals (numerous). Solicitors. Investigations (into my movements - i.e. being in America when one crime was meant to have been committed in London - and into false accusers - i.e. main accuser had serious charges against him dropped when he agreed to testify). I had to abandon Legal Aid to get the best QCs.
Gnomo	Still trying to work out how your defence costs could have come anywhere near £1million JK. In you book you refer to obtaining some legal aid, and then also refer to having paid £50,000 advance to your legal team.
hedda	honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote: It's the principal, not the amount. If he only spent a fiver it would still be outrageous that someone is forced to pay to defend themselves from ludicrous allegations. Not everybody has cash. Presumably these are the ones in jail? I don't think it enters the heads of the general public just how much is lost defending yourself, win or lose. look at DLT- losing his home. With Evans there was great unfairness- a top brief was used by the prosecution so he needed likewise. Time criminal cases were on par with civil cases where losers generally pay costs. Coppers may think twice.
honey!oh sugar sugar.	It's the principal, not the amount. If he only spent a fiver it would still be outrageous that someone is forced to pay to defend themselves from ludicrous allegations. Not everybody has cash. Presumably these are the ones in jail?
Gnomo	I hope not a penny went to Giovanni di Stefano