my legal representative, James Foster, said. “I interrupted my client, Cindy Bedford’s evidence at the point that I did because both my learned colleague, Mister Paul Greave and I, feel that it’s very important that the evidence of both Cindy Bedford and Garth Gilmore be interwoven as this will provide a helpful picture of how their backgrounds have affected their collective behaviour. I would therefore like to recall Miss Bedford to the witness stand.” Judge Warren Bester nodded. I walked calmly to the witness stand. “Cindy.” James Foster said with an encouraging smile. “I’d like you to continue from where you left off earlier. As you said, your father returned to fulltime work and there was no longer any opportunity for him to trouble you sexually. What were your feelings then?” “Although I felt extremely relieved, I never felt safe.” I replied. “I was constantly trying to avoid any situation that might leave me and my father alone in the house and this was very distressing.
