Day Six: Councillors

It's Monday, which means Bill's trial has started back up again - and the good news is, Catherine Whitnall was back in court to make sure we know how that's going. The bad news is, I'm out of gift links for August (but, more good news: my count should reset tomorrow so check back then if I don't get one tonight). If anyone out there has a subscription and could either send me a gift link or post it in the comments, I would appreciate it - and I will update this post accordingly! Otherwise, you're on your own until morning. My suggestions are to try opening it in a different browser, or an incognito tab.Today's witnesses were Detective Constable Ken Downing (the investigating officer), Councillor Dan Joyce, and Councillor Mike Perry. Whitnall's account of Bill cross-examining DC Downing makes Bill sound rather more competent than I suspect he really is, but the testimony of both Joyce and Perry provided a strong counterpoint. Bill's behaviour was increasingly threatening and that…