From: Jonathan Spencer, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>The likeliehood of a revenge attack comes not only from
>the friends or relatives of the unfortunate deceased, it
>comes from those members of the criminal fraternity, or
>terrorist community, who have grudges against the
>officers from firearms units.
It's becoming increasingly common for witnesses to be anonymous. I'm
presently engaged in a case of a fatal shooting in a nightclub. All of
the material witnesses (i.e. those who were present) are anonymous.
They are listed as S12, S25, and so on.
In the case of police witnesses, we do need to bear in mind that a
constable may be involved in, say, the shooting of the man with the air
rifle, for which there is no apparent need to remain anonymous. But,
the officer may be a marked man from some previous or subsequent case.
His identity, is of course, known to the Court and it is a matter for
the judge to rule upon.
--Jonathan Spencer, firearms examiner
"Justice is open to everybody in the same way as the Ritz Hotel."
Judge Sturgess, 22 July 1928
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