I found this article about Dr Vincent Tabak's appearance in court on the 20th September 2011
The charge states that Tabak "unlawfully killed" Miss Yeates in December 2010.
Is that how "Murder Charges" are normally entered into?
It doesn't say anything about a signed statement... He just says his name.... I was surprised tha Mr and Mrs Yeates were there again...
What else happened at that 27 minute hearing??? Did they discuss the porn ??? Did the Yeates hear about the Porn???
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-14990517
Four security guards escorted Vincent Tabak into the dock of courtroom six at Bristol Crown Court for the pre-trial hearing - his first court appearance in person after his plea to Guilty of Manslaughter had been entered. This hearing had originally been scheduled for July.
The greying 33-year-old defendant wore glasses, a white shirt, blue tie and dark suit for the 30-minute hearing before Judge Martin Picton. The Detective Chief Inspector who led the Avon and Somerset investigation, Phil Jones, sat behind the barristers and immediately in front of the defendant. Vincent Tabak, who sat hunched in the dock, spoke only once. The clerk asked him: “Are you Vincent Tabak?” He replied: “Yes I am.” He was charged with unlawfully killing Joanna Yeates between 16th and 19th December 2010.
Prosecutor Nigel Lickley QC told the court that the trial would include what he called a “digital presentation”, and a site visit by jurors, who would walk the part of the route that Joanna is alleged to have taken on her last Friday evening from the Hophouse pub in Clifton to 44 Canynge Road. He evidently raised 11 points with the defence team, but none of these was disputed.
The defence also agreed to accept the alleged fibre match unconditionally.
Judge Picton had been expecting to see an enhanced defence statement on 19th September 2011. He made an order for it to be submitted by Vincent Tabak’s legal team by 4 p.m. on 23rd September 2011.
This could be one of the occasions when Mr Lickley made a failed application to talk about the porn or the prostitutes. This is believed to be the first time Joanna's parents set eyes on Vincent Tabak in person.