The decision, which was announced on Thursday afternoon, comes despite applications made by the teenagers’ defence lawyers, who on Wednesday labelled the crown’s evidence ‘tenuous’ and argued that there was no case to answer, a term in British criminal law where a defendant seeks acquittal without having to present a defence.
During the third day of the trial on Wednesday, the court was told that the defendants – who are all charged with perverting the course of justice – did move Victoria College student Mr Huelin from a garage to a nearby road, however, the lawyers told the court their clients did not move him to obscure a police investigation but to prevent one of the boys getting in trouble with his parents.
The trial, which is scheduled to last five days, continues.
Read full reports from the third day of the trial in Thursday’s JEP.
