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Mrs Helm, is this a certificate of marriage
between yourself and Otto Ludwig Helm,
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the ceremony having taken place
in Breslau on 18 April 1942?
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Yes, that is the paper of my marriage.
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I don't see any reason why this witness
should not be qualified to give evidence.
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You're willing to give evidence against the
man you've been calling your husband?
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Yes.
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You stated to the police that on the night
that Mrs French was murdered,
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Leonard Vole left the house at 7.30
and returned at 25 minutes past 9.
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Did he, in fact, return at 25 past 9?
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No. He returned at ten minutes past ten.
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Christine, what are you saying?
It's not true. You know it's not true!
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Silence!
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I must have silence.
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As your counsel will tell you,
Vole, you will very shortly
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have an opportunity of
speaking in your own defence.
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Leonard Vole returned, you say,
at ten minutes past ten.
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- And what happened next?
- He was breathing hard, very excited.
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He threw off his coat
and examined the sleeves.
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Then he told me to wash the cuffs.
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- They had blood on them.
- Go on.
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- I said "What have you done?"
- What did the prisoner say?
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He said "I've killed her. "
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Christine! Why are you lying?
Why are you saying these things?
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- What an awful woman.
- She's evil. I've known it all along.
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If the defence so desires,
I will adjourn for a short time
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so that the prisoner
may gain control of himself.
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My lord is most gracious,
but pray let the witness continue.
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We are all of us caught up
in the suspense of this horror fiction.
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To have to hear it in instalments
might prove unendurable.
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- Proceed, Mr Myers.
- Mrs Helm,
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when the prisoner said "I have killed her",
did you know to whom he referred?