MR DONAN
Thank you Chairperson.  Perhaps I should clearly put to the Committee what my client's attitude is to the psychologist's report which was presented by my learned friend.  They have obvious difficulties with it.  The Committee has had the opportunity of reading it and we require the expert witness to attend in order to put our difficulties to that witness.
	We're instructed on expert advice that the post-traumatic stress disorder which is the alleged cause of the amnesia, is a condition which befalls people who are tortured or victims rather than perpetrators.  We also have difficulties with the whole notion of post-traumatic stress disorder because the Committee will have 
heard that the trauma occurred many years ago and it did not manifest itself during trials at which Mr Benzien testified - where he testified with complete knowledge, it seems to have arisen in 1994 when these particular proceedings were contemplated.  
	And our concern is that the cause of the amnesia is this particular hearing rather than any condition which Mr Benzien has and we should therefore like that aspect to be clarified.  I'm putting my questions on the table so that my learned friend can consider his position but those are our difficulties and therefore we must insist as I said.