TNAG-2290-FCO40-3296-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Macau-1991 — Page 198

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FOR 3 WEEKS BY WILLIAMS, AND THEIR RELATIONS WERE STRAINED.

5.

THE PROSECUTOR ASKED CHARNOCK BLUNTLY IF HE KNEW OF ANY REASON WHY WILLIAMS SHOULD SAY HE (CHARNOCK) DROVE THE CAR WHEN

WILLIAMS COULD HAVE BLAMED EITHER OF THE DEAD MEN. CHARNOCK DID NOT. IT EMERGED HOWEVER FROM WITNESSES' STATEMENTS THAT WILLIAMS

WAS FRIENDLY WITH BOTH THE DEAD MEN, AND NOT WITH CHARNOCK.

6. THE TRIAL WAS ADJOURNED BECAUSE THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HAD NOT

SENT AIR TICKETS FOR WILLIAMS, ITS MAJOR WITNESS, TO TESTIFY. BUT MARIO PAZ, CHARNOCK'S LAWYER, HAD ADVISED ME BEFOREHAND THAT A COURT VERDICT WOULD BE ANNOUNCED ON 17 MARCH AND THIS IS STILL

THE CASE. IF WILLIAMS DID COME HE WOULD FACE RIGOUROUS CROSS

QUESTIONING WHICH PAZ BELIEVES WOULD CAST DOUBT ON HIS HONESTY.

CHARNOCK IS LIKELY THEREFORE TO BE ACQUITTED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE.

(SOME WOULD SAY IT IS FORTUNATE FOR WILLIAMS THAT

NEITHER OF THE OTHER SURVIVORS REMEMBER ANYTHING OF THE

INCIDENT.)

7. I HAVE TO BE IN MACAU ON 14 MARCH AND WILL TRY TO ATTEND THE CONTINUATION OF THE TRIAL AND ITS VERDICT ON 15 MARCH, AND SEE

PAZ AND CHARNOCK BEFOREHAND.

SIGNED GRAHAM

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