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after which she was named. and elsa, also newborn, was discovered this year, just a few hundred yards away. the three children are safe, adopted or in care, but the mother still has not come forward. the police say their investigation continues. you re live with bbc news. hunter biden s criminal trial is now under way. thejury heard opening statements from both sides. the us president s is accused of knowingly lying on a form to buy a gun in delaware. the us president s son. the prosecution described hunter biden as a habitual drug user, using audio excerpts from his autobiography where he talked about his constant hunt for drugs. but the defense argued he was in recovery at the time, so wasn t lying when he said on the application he was not a user of illegal drugs.our correspondent tom bateman sent this report from delaware
the police said their investigation continues. you re live with bbc news. hunter biden s criminal trial is now under way. thejury heard opening statements from both sides. the us president s son is accused of knowingly lying on a form to buy a gun in delaware. the prosecution described hunter biden as a habitual drug user, using audio excerpts from his autobiography where he talked about his constant hunt for drugs. but the defense argued he was in recovery at the time, so wasn t lying when he said on the application he was not a user of illegal drugs.our correspondent tom bateman sent this report from delaware the first opening statement was from federal prosecutor derek hines, and he set out to portray hunter biden as a self confessed habitual crack cocaine addict who lied in order to purchase a handgun here in wilmington, delaware in 2018. and what the prosecution alleges is that hunter biden
attempting to do with the way that it is structured this case, it s no accident that they spent over an hour of their evidence opening this morning when with their first witness playing excerpts from his book, then they moved on to stuff that they had recovered from audio extra the correct audio excerpts that he had read himself. your heard his voice, you heard his voice talking about a tremendously painful and raw experiences in his life. i have to say listening to it felt a little bit like a public flogging on some level, hearing him talk about this in his own words and played back in a criminal case against him but that stuff is potent. it there s a reason why prosecutors emphasize that sort of evidence when it s coming from the defendant s own mouth, it s hard to run away from. yeah. good point. the fbi agent on the stands said today and you heard this that there may have been some periods of time between 2015 and 2019, weren t hunter biden was not repeat now not abusing drugs, h
packed. might there were a lot of people attending. there was a lot of some political activity outside. i was in the overflow room, but by all accounts from people i spoke to who are in the courtroom where hunter biden was the jurors were solemn and respectful and attentive. they seemed engaged as you would expect, a case of this significance, the prominence of the defendant and some challenging facts for the defense. as you know, we just heard prosecutors brought in a lot of what they describe his key evidence, including photos of crack cocaine from hunter biden s infamous laptop. how much is that strength in their case? well, look, it s always a bad situation for a criminal defendant when main witness against you is you and that is what the government is attempting to do with the way that it is structured this case, it s no accident that they spent over an hour of their evidence opening this morning when with their first witness playing excerpts from his book then they moved on t