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----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen
Davis
Sent: Friday, 2001-03-02 13:13
Subject: [ukma] Metric Martyr case: March 2nd, 2001 Council QC Eleanor Sharpston compared Mr Shrimpton
to Lord Nelson, putting a blind eye to his telescope at the battle of
Copenhagen.
"Mr Shrimpton's argument is based on turning a Nelsonian
blind eye to the legislative, jurisprudential and constitutional landscape that
has taken place but does not fit in with the defence case", she
said.
"The fact that such a comprehensive blind eye is required
should alert the court to the erroneousness of the chain of argument that has
been put before it."
In summing up, she urged District Judge Bruce Morgan to
ignore the publicity that surrounds the trial and concentrate on the crux of the
matter.
"If we focus on this actual prosecution, and not the wider
issues such as membership of the European Union, this prosecution is on the
basis of two information's relating to the Weights and Measures act 1985", she
said.
"There have been full admission of the facts. We
have moved so far away in this case from the actual prosecution that it might
help to go back to the original regulations."
The court was due to take a short break following Miss
Sharpstons summing up, before Mr Shrimpton outlined the defence
case.
He was expected to finish by early afternoon, but Mr
Thoburn will have to wait until April to learn the outcome, when Mr Morgan is to
deliver his verdict.
Regards,
Steve.
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