The three robed figures withdrew to make their deliberations and also to recess for lunch.
Across London, in another court, Timothy Harris sat with his legal team. They were attending a high court hearing to determine whether, or not, the life support systems keeping Paula Harris alive could be switched off. During the morning’s proceedings, Timothy had kept in the background leaving his legal team to do all the work, and so far everything appeared to be going to plan. His barrister Jerome Jerome had spent the best part of the morning explaining to the judge that Mrs. Harris was totally blind, completely deaf, unable to move a muscle, and quite incapable of any bodily movement. As a result he argued it was fair to say the poor woman was only alive thanks to the working of the life support
