Chapter 1Pain into Gain

It's November 2001. I'm sitting in the viewing gallery of Court No. 4, and if you were sitting next to me you would have been looking down on the old wooden panels and the officious-looking people wearing capes and wigs. I can't help but feel intimidated by the gravitas of the room.

As I look down on the accused, the relative safety of the gallery is shattered as he looks up at us and secretly makes a cut-throat gesture that sends a shiver down my spine.

In the dock is a small, boyish-looking girl in her early 20s with short, dark hair giving evidence. Her chin is on her chest. She's just been cross-examined and it's not gone well. After a few moments that seem like eternity, her own counsel asks her one final question. ...

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