Chapter Thirty-eight
The judge ordered an early adjournment so that the defence could have some breathing space before commencing evidence the next day. Oscar once again waived the right to make an address to the jury, this time at the close of the prosecution case, for the same reasons he had outlined earlier to their client.
‘Best to leave the theatrics for the final address,’ Oscar remarked. ‘We don’t want to show our cards too early.’
Oscar then assumed his lecturer’s face to make it clear that he was now completely serious. ‘Although we’ve talked about it several times before, Jessica,’ he continued, ‘we are still able to change course. You are not obliged to give evidence. You do not bear the onus of proof, and, as the case stands, I am reasonably confident that the jury could acq
