Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I have no difficulty with it being turned back on the defendant. I do not buy it, to be honest. From the evidence we are hearing, I see this as a standard mechanism of a defence team to simply be a chilling factor to try to scare off a victim or further add to the trauma of the victim. It is a way of finding a crack in the prosecution's case. I am deeply troubled that it is a standard practice.

We have seven or eight minutes, if members have final questions.