Roger Sumption QC for the Crown Prosecution Service
And then what happened, Ms. Kealty? After DS Khan stood up.
Harriet Kealty
He stepped back… and…
Roger Sumption QC
There’s no need to look at the defendant, Ms. Kealty. Please don’t feel in any way intimidated by him.
Harriet Kealty
I’m not. It’s… it’s just difficult for me.
Roger Sumption QC
I understand, but the court needs to hear your account of events.
Harriet Kealty
Sabih, DS Khan, got up. He took a step back, and the defendant, Mr. Elmys, kicked him in the stomach. What neither DS Khan nor I knew, but what the defendant probably did know, was that the clearing was at the edge of a ravine. DS Khan, Sabih, he…
Roger Sumption QC
Go on when you’re ready, Ms. Kealty.
Harriet Kealty
He fell off the edge. One moment he was there, and then he was gone. He was just gone.
Roger Sumption QC
There’s some water beside you if you need a drink. Better? What happened then?
Harriet Kealty
I ran to the edge of the ravine. It must have been eighty feet straight down, and I could see Detective Khan in the moonlight. He wasn’t moving. I was crying. I was angry. Probably in shock. I turned to the defendant, who was on his feet, and I said, “You did this. You did this.” And he said, “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I’d take it back if I could. I’m so sorry.”
I heard a helicopter and sirens and he heard them too. He started backing away, so I said, “No! Don’t you dare go. Help me find a way down to him. Don’t you dare leave me here alone.”
Roger Sumption QC
Did he stay?
Harriet Kealty
No. He ran away.
Roger Sumption QC
And the child?
Harriet Kealty
Elliot had come out from the trees. When the defendant saw him, he grabbed the boy and dragged him away. He left me alone. He left me alone there to face what he had done.
Roger Sumption QC
And to be clear, the defendant kicked Sabih Khan over the edge?
Harriet Kealty
Yes. He kicked him over the edge. He killed him.