The trial has heard that Ruth Lawrence was extradited from South Africa to face trial in 2023. She has pleaded not guilty. Photograph: Collins
Two protected witnesses who painted themselves as “innocents abroad” downplayed their own roles and cannot be trusted to convict Ruth Lawrence of murdering two men, her defence barrister has argued, telling a jury that “they played the system and they tried to play you”.
Defence counsel Patrick Gageby SC urged the jurors in his closing address not to convict the 46-year-old Dublin woman, calling the foundations of the State’s case “shaky” and de
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