"How old are nieces?"
"DYER: Would you rape? MAYERS: Yes. DYER: Really or just fantasy? MAYERS: No, I would if I had the opportunity and I thought I could get away with it. Why do you ask? DYER: I know of someone's nieces that he want done in London. .... MAYERS: Tell me more about these nieces. Would you be up for it? DYER: I am trying to arrange a meet in London. They have to walk through woods to get to school. MAYERS: Okay, cool. .... MAYERS: Can I see them nieces? DYER: If you want her done. MAYERS: I want to do her myself first, want to be her first. There will be no DNA, will have to use a blob as she is not on the pill." 114. "
"I entirely agree that the jury must be told that the evidence against these men must be such that the inference of guilt must be compelling, and indeed that, having heard all of the evidence, it is the only inference they feel able to draw from the facts, which they find to be established if they are to convict, but in the circumstances of this case, that must, in my judgment, be a matter for them. So these submissions are rejected and this case will proceed."
"The requirement of proof beyond all reasonable doubt does not prevent a jury from inferring, from the facts that have been the subject of direct evidence before them, the existence of some further fact, such as the knowledge or intent of the accused, which constitutes an essential element of the offence; but the inference must be compelling -- one (and the only one) that no reasonable man could fail to draw from the direct facts proved."
"20. Read literally, Lord Diplock's dicta might be understood to be saying that an inference was only to be regarded as compelling if all juries, assumed to be composed of those who are reasonable, would be bound to draw such an inference. In short, an inference could only be drawn if no one would dissent from it. 21. We reject that as an approach to be taken by the judge at the close of the prosecution case, even where the evidence is only circumstantial. The correct approach is to ask whether a reasonable jury, properly directed, would be entitled to draw an adverse inference. To draw an adverse inference from a combination of factual circumstances necessarily does involve the rejection of all realistic possibilities consistent with innocence."
"Where, however, the prosecution evidence is such that its strength or weakness depends on the view to be taken of a witness's reliability or other matters which are generally speaking within the province of the jury, and where on one possible view of the facts there is evidence on which the jury could properly come to the conclusion that a defendant is guilty, then the judge should allow the matter to be tried by the jury."