MR BANADE
Mr Chairman if I may also just interject, coincidentally I do have a transcript of the judge and his assessors' judgment.   It is not the reported version, it is not reported but on page 841 the judge says with accused 6 in this matter, and that was the applicant
"...question the deceased.   The most likely reason why accused 6 would have wanted to question the deceased would have been in connection with a notebook or diary found in the deceased's possession.   Accused No 6 was in authority over the special constables, he was in charge of the questioning of the deceased."
So obviously the Trial Court definitely heard about a diary.