I think so too. I feel awful saying this but I thought the forensic/DNA findings would be a lot more conclusive and certain. I’m now thinking that a lot of the abuse took place in the bath/bathroom where DNA is washed away easily
I think so too. I feel awful saying this but I thought the forensic/DNA findings would be a lot more conclusive and certain. I’m now thinking that a lot of the abuse took place in the bath/bathroom where DNA is washed away easilyI think, based on these agreed facts, and unless nothing else nailed on re DNA is mentioned, the pathologists findings/evidence is going to be key to a guilty verdict
I posted that. He was a design technician at the school and then did teacher training in 2019 and qualified in 2021. He was head of year by the time he went on adoption leave. This is screenshot from the MirrorI read somewhere that he was actually only a teacher for two years, but progressed quickly to head of year. Not sure if that’s true, and don’t know what job he did before that. He was a secondary school teacher and maybe that age group weren’t attractive to him? (Can’t believe I wrote that)
I think his sister had children, so if I was her I would be very concerned about what he might have done when they were babies
Putting the photos aside, Preston did not inflict the physical injuries himself.I'm not saying he/they are innocent, but unless the pictures are explicit then is it really enough to prove beyond reasonable doubt at this stage the horrific things they're accused of?
How do you explain away the poo video? Or the large number of closes ups of genitals / bottom? The asleep in an empty bath video with the towel pushed up to show his genitals?? The video of a naked Preston playing with himself? And that’s before you even consider the 40+ bruises across his tiny body.The DNA wasn't as bad as I thought. It really does hinge on the postmortem, because a lot of things can be explained away right now. Apart from the photos, but we don't really know what about them is deemed inappropriate. I have naked pictures of my kids as babies, and if their genitals are in them I didn't really care as they were innocent, not for sharing outside the family and not the focus of the picture. He could easily claim he was trying to do one of those baby photoshoots and using the bath as a white backdrop, a lot of those have the baby naked in them. I'm not saying he/they are innocent, but unless the pictures are explicit then is it really enough to prove beyond reasonable doubt at this stage the horrific things they're accused of?
I think all of this, with the addition of the pathologists evidence/findings and also the complete mess of his account (always changing, answering some stuff but not others) will be enough to eliminate any reasonable doubt.How do you explain away the poo video? Or the large number of closes ups of genitals / bottom? The asleep in an empty bath video with the towel pushed up to show his genitals?? The video of a naked Preston playing with himself? And that’s before you even consider the 40+ bruises across his tiny body.
I also think when the jury see the photos/videos (my god, I would not want to be them) it will be quite clear to them if the videos are normal or not. I expect they will find they react quite instinctively to them.I think all of this, with the addition of the pathologists evidence/findings and also the complete mess of his account (always changing, answering some stuff but not others) will be enough to eliminate any reasonable doubt.
I guess, similar to LL’s trial, where some of the evidence could be seen as ‘circumstantial’, especially when looked at in isolation, but when you put it all together it’s very damning indeed
This was said by the judge in the summing up yesterday in a murder trial so I imagine it's the same in this one. When you add everything together it's awful.I imagine the forensic experts are agreeing to this because, if argued by the prosecution, it could be enough to insert reasonable doubt. So i am hoping that any further DNA evidence is clear cut
As others have said, it'll be referring to the fact they were living together and they were his carers. So all their clothes will been gathered up, washed and put away by the suspects, where they might have even been using the same laundry basket, etc. Plus they were the ones dressing him, etc, so it's not impossible that it could have been transferred in an innocuous way (like changing him after putting dirty laundry in the machine).So the dna found in prestons pants
Both dna found on them... anyone know what they mean by this comment ?
"not unexpected given the domestic nature of the case"
Yes they will go into more detail. I expect they will have medical experts such as a forensic pathologist to testify. They may not be able to pinpoint exactly when down to the day/hour but if it relates to an injury, the age of the injury can give a window.Can I ask, will the prosecution detail exactly when/how they believe the 2 counts of assault by penetration and 1 count of sexual assault occurred? Or are the jury supposed to just conclude something happened without going into specifics? I must admit the DNA evidence is not as strong as I thought it may be.
The bruises are damning for sure, it's crazy they weren't flagged up at the time. And from the description of the poo video I can't understand on what planet that could be seen as normal. But we've seen what family vloggers get away with in terms of what people think is weird but seemingly doesn't have legal or social work repercussions. I'm just concerned, if they are guilty, that without something more concrete, less open to interpretation or whatever, they could get off lighter than they deserve.How do you explain away the poo video? Or the large number of closes ups of genitals / bottom? The asleep in an empty bath video with the towel pushed up to show his genitals?? The video of a naked Preston playing with himself? And that’s before you even consider the 40+ bruises across his tiny body.
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