Unnatural Causes

by Dr Richard Shepherd

Blunt Truths more Mischief than nice Falsehoods do;

Men must be taught as if you taught them not;

I think the system would be most effective if we could all sit down together when a case is difficult and complicated – the police and the CPS with the pathologist, the forensic scientists, the blood-spatter specialist, the toxicologist, the ballistics expert – and discuss our facts together.

’Tis not enough, your counsel still be true, Blunt truths more mischief than wise falsehoods do.