sadly I saw this in the Telegraph today

[David TS]

It's the prosecution opening statement, which was clearly targeted at that level, and the press 'deadly assault rifles' hysteria.

It is one of the disadvantages of the British legal system that the defence comes much later, by which time the newspapers have probably got bored with it.

Wait until the defence puts its case, the summing up, and the verdict, which will paint a truer picture.

There are two sides to every story, all we have so far is trial by media.

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[bnz41]

I wonder if this has anything to do with the L98A1 Cadet GP rifles which (it was reported by owners were confiscated by the MOD police) from legal UK gun owners without any compensation.

[Paul S.]

It's the prosecution opening statement, which was clearly targeted at that level, and the press 'deadly assault rifles' hysteria.

It is one of the disadvantages of the British legal system that the defence comes much later, … Wait until the defence puts its case, the summing up, and the verdict, which will paint a truer picture.

There are two sides to every story, all we have so far is trial by media.

That the prosecution lays its case first is based upon the legal (not the media's) presumption of innocence. The defence only has to rebut the prosecution's case and offer wrongness of the charges. It is the prosecution that has to prove its case IF (a big 'IF") the legal system works as it was intended in the beginning.