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- DISCOVER THE ROY GRACE BOOKS
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Jack Alexander then spent the next two hours going through in detail the information found on the USB sticks. As he finished sharing the information, Cork asked the officer to wait and invited Primrose Brown to proceed.
Primrose Brown got to her feet. ‘Officer, you mentioned earlier in your evidence information relating to a German company, Schafft-Steinmetz. Can you confirm that at no time progressing these enquiries is my client’s name mentioned?’
Alexander replied, ‘That is correct.’
Brown continued. ‘In relation to the instructions regarding specifically the four classic sports cars, can you again confirm that my client’s name was not found anywhere on that paperwork?’
‘That is correct,’ said Alexander.
Primrose Brown persisted. ‘Detective Sergeant, did you find anything untoward about these four previous cars, other than them being replicas?’
He shook his head. ‘No, I did not. But, of course, they have never been examined.’
‘Would you consider yourself an expert in the field of classic vehicles?’
‘Other than my father owning a vintage Harley Davidson motorbike, no, probably not.’
She nodded. ‘I understand there is a large and legitimate market in replica models of classic cars. Many of these are exhibited and raced at classic car events in the full knowledge they are replicas. So, you would not be aware of this?’
‘No,’ Alexander admitted.
‘You have also just said that LH Classics of Chichester is owned by the defendant through a chain of offshore companies, as if you were casting aspersions on such a thing. Many highly reputable companies operating out of the UK are in fact owned by companies registered abroad, either for tax mitigation or for other equally legitimate purposes. Do you have any reason to suppose my client had a nefarious reason for having this company registered offshore, if indeed he did? Our case is that he had no connection with this company.’
‘Beyond masking the ownership of the Ferrari seized at Newhaven Port, no,’ he conceded.
Brown then spent the next hour running through the evidence that Alexander had given but was unable to sway his evidence or gain any advantage from what he had said to the court that would help her client.
She paused for a moment. ‘One more question, officer. Is it possible that someone who visited the house could have placed these items in the post of my client’s bed? Can you discount that?’
He replied, ‘No, I cannot.’
‘Thank you,’ she said and sat down.
Cork then rose to his feet. ‘Officer, how likely is it that the scenario my learned friend has just raised might have happened?’
‘It is of course possible,’ Alexander said, ‘but due to the nature of where these items had been hidden, I think it extremely unlikely.’
‘Thank you, officer, I have no more questions.’
Alexander left the courtroom.