As the quantity of trials about historical sex offences starts to mount, and we see a larger and larger percentage of police and CPS expenses, time and endeavours being concentrated in this area, there is a serious question.

Does massive media publicity provoke revelations of genuine crimes or does it affect the memory and cause of revealing such possible crimes?

Since it happened to me 14 years ago and I can absolutely swear to the degree of truth or invention involved, I know it is the second of those premises.

Add the fact that crimes NOW may not have been crimes THEN (and vice versa), this area of social behaviour needs urgent scrutiny and examination.

A greater amount of energy expended on these crimes means less on other crimes - murder, drugs, terrorism, burglary, actual current sex abuse. Is this what we want as a society?

Fine, if it is decided by a majority that it is… but I suggest there are better uses of our taxes.

I remember a radio appearance by yourself soon after release? Would it have been 5 live, I'm not sure.....and I'm also not sure if it was Simon Mayo or Nicky Campbell or neither.......so thats my mind making up gaps.......did a radio interview actually take place?

OK, these 'facts' can be checked by radio logs etc......but my memory is sure you were on, that the discussion was about accepting the guilty verdict or maintaining innocence after release .....and that most of the debate revolved around the verdict of a jury vs. your 'out' protestations of innocence......and the presenter and programme contributor comments were mainly concerned (as I remember) in reinforcing the issue that a jury gave its verdict, bang, theres your guilt...............

Any recollection? Or did you do many of these before the interest and 'novelty of release' dry up?

I'm also asking respectfully, I'm not sniping from any sideline with an agenda.

Victoria Derbyshire; ghastly woman. One caller was Shy Keenan, a very vociferous supporter of people like Max Clifford (in those days). It was indeed 5 Live.

There you go. I heared the show, but my memory after a few years is well wide of the mark, so as not to be reliable, even though I convinced myself it involved Simon Mayo..............

Any Vicotria Derbyshire.........yes, she sounds like the least sympathitic woman on the planet, even when she is trying hard to empathise (not v often)

Yep VD (aptly initialised) is an irritant. Did I get away with that one....?

I'm so glad that LBC is so national. They've always done talk radio much better than 5 Live.

Although in the mid 90s when I was at university there was some smarmy bloke on Talk Radio UK in the mornings. Jonathan somebody or other....?

www.smh.com.au/national/witness-accused-...n-20140311-34j3p.htm

Under cross-examination by Hughes' lawyer, Greg Walsh, on Tuesday, the woman confirmed that during the course of a number of paid media interviews in 2010 she made further allegations against the actor.

"I want to suggest that that never happened," Mr Walsh continued.

"It did happen," she replied.

"I want to suggest that you're making that up," he continued.

"Suggest away; that's what happened," she said.

"You wanted to say whatever you could to damage Hughes' reputation," he continued.

"Twenty years later I didn't really care what happened to him, I just told what happened to me," the woman countered.

Mr Walsh then produced a photograph of the woman sitting next to Hughes at a black tie function in 1991 - a time when, according to her evidence, she detested him.

"I want to suggest to you that you sat next to him and you talked to him," Mr Walsh said.

"I'm sure we did," the woman said.

The trial continues.