Batchelor serial rape trial: Key witness tells different story than rape complainant Under cross-examination by defence lawyer Oliver Abergel, the complainant s best friend did not agree that all uses of lol are light-hearted.
Author of the article: Gary Dimmock
Publishing date: Jul 26, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 2 minute read Facebook photo of Paul Batchelor on a beach posted to the social media site on 1 May 2015. Photo by Facebook /Facebook
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Her best friend said it sounded less like a date and more of a hook-up for sex on the night a young woman met accused serial rapist Paul Batchelor.
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The explosive testimony was revealed in a stunning cross-examination piloted by top defence lawyer Solomon Friedman on June 25.
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Friedman handily dismantled the police narrative and had their star witness, under oath, unravel all the lies the ones the so-called witness told from the start to the 911 operator, right to the end in an interview room with seasoned Det. Guy Seguin.
Friedman didn’t even get to finish his master-class in cross-examination because he had already left the police narrative, along with the credibility of the force’s star witness, in tatters only halfway through so much so that Tim Wightman, the assistant Crown attorney assigned to adopt and prosecute the flawed police case, stood up and ordered that Michael Leduc, the accused killer, be immediately released on bail in light