My correspondent who was in court for the trial of Vincent Tabak told me that members of the public were forbidden to take any notes. Isn't this strange? Much of what he told me was largely subjective, and he wasn't keen to answer questions from me. So if an usher from Bristol Crown Court were to post on this forum claiming that the public was informed that the plea hearing would take place in London, then I could not contradict them. However, I have posted a dozen items of evidence in support of the proposition that the plea was not what Vincent Tabak himself intended.
"Nine", you posted curiosity about 'How many times the images of Joanna Yeates was shown to the Jury' and 'What the film looked like that Lyndsey Farmery had shown the Jury' and whether 'there was any REDACTED Text'. These would have been important questions to answer and I am sorry that I missed my opportunity. Until you mentioned it, I didn't even know that the so-called IT-expert HAD shown a film, unless you mean the body farm decomposition video?
If you read carefully what Peter Brotherton told the court, and what he and Mr Clegg said to each other during cross-examination, you will be able to work out that the witness NEVER actually told the court that the defendant had said that he had killed the victim. You will also be able to work out that it was Mr Clegg himself who deceived the court into believing that his client had "confessed". Finally, you will also be able to work out that Judge Field was not doing the job, a major part of which is to monitor Counsel like a hawk to prevent them leading any witness.
Vincent Tabak's purpose in meeting with Peter Brotherton was not "to confess", but something quite different. This is totally misrepresented in "The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies". No one heard about the so-called chaplain until the trial. The prisoner's intention was probably to seek the advice, perhaps about the choice of a different lawyer, as he was being kept in isolation. He must have been "shocked" by Crossman & Co's suggestion that he should plead guilty to manslaughter.