Were the QC's: Geoffrey Rivlin and the late Edmund Lawson too posh to push? Faced with a so-called pillar of society family v lone adoptee was it a one way ticket? Lamb to the slaughter?
Were they as ruthless in cross-examining the relatives as they would say career criminals? Was their approach consciously or sub-consciously lighter touch?
Did they drill down and tackle all the many thorny issues? RB's bigotry, June's mental illness and religious mania, the so-called smelly menstrual soiled clothing?
Geoffrey Rivlin said he found it difficult to cross examine JM as she kept breaking down in tears. Was he too nice, too polite?
