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FROM: KEITH STAINTON, M.P.
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Ford Gorony.
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7 November 1977 C
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Supt.
I refer to previous correspondence in the case of Christopher Clements who is awaiting trial on a charge of murder in Hong Kong.
The parents are, of course, constituents of mine. I last saw them at an Interview Session on Saturday morning when they raised the following further points of detail:
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Will Christopher be able to attire himself in a decent outfit for his Trial. It is the parents wish to take appropriate clothing out to Hong Kong when they go there for the Trial. It would, of course, be heartrending for them to take the stuff, only to have it thrown out.
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My understanding is that the parents are to be allowed to see Christopher for a short time in the afternoon of Sunday, December 11th. As the Trial is scheduled to commence the following day, Monday, December 12, this allows them little time for conferring with their son on what is a matter of considerable moment both for he and the parents who, although the salt of the earth, are merely ordinary working people.
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I trust that it will be possible for the parents to have private sessions with Christopher during the course of the Trial?
However,
You may well answer that Christopher has achieved his majority and is therefore solely responsible for instructing his legal advisers.
I would beg to differ, in so far as parental advice and sustenance is an entirely natural desire to be encouraged.
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The Lord Goronwy-Roberts, Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
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