Why didn’t Alice give evidence.
She told Lupaper it was because she was too traumatised, weeping, puking etc. However she was out and about the weekend before with her mate Tilly (winegate).
She hinted that the legal process was against her. This might be a reference to her wanting to get the kids to testify to her being the bestest mummy ever whom they wuv. Bit of course she would have been well aware no judge would allow that testimony.
Best guess; Leon told her straight that she didn’t have a defence and that the evidence was overwhelming. He probably told her she had two options, to admit it, apologise and commit to never doing it again Or just not contest it. Clearly if she had contested it then more tit about her would be made public. She sacked Leon to just get more time to bully Ioan.