The third day of Vicky’s inquest heard testimony from 4 witnesses, including the proprietor of the company from which she borrowed and paid back money, the judiciary interpreter who spoke to persons of interest in the Philippines, and the police investigators.
The witness whose testimony carried over from yesterday repeated an assertion that she had made in her statement to the police – that she thought Vicky was loosing her mind. When questioned by Vicky’s sister Irene about this she became defensive and stressed that it was her interpretation of the situation only.
The judiciary interpreter read the statement of Vicky’s supposed ‘boyfriend’ in the Philippines, who claimed that the woman had tried to have constant headaches cured by a ‘quack doctor’, who insisted that Vicky’s former boyfriend was trying to ‘bewitch’ her and that she was, somehow, ‘queen of the dwarves’, amongst other things.
Although such assertions would be dismissed as hearsay in other courts, they could point towards Vicky’s state of mind at the time of her death in the Coroner’s Court. The employer’s lawyer stressed their importance in his final comments to the jury. What the jury actually makes of them will be resolved tomorrow morning, when a finding is scheduled to be handed down.
We will report the finding as soon as it is handed down
I want to thank Mike so much for all his hard work on this blog, and in reporting Vicky’s court case; as frustrating as many of the comments given by some of the witness’s sound. His writing is undertaken in a very lucid, and factual manner, yet with the sentiment of someone who cares a great deal about the welfare of others.
Let’s try to be determined to learn from this case that we must fight for the right to every individual unable to defend themselves, and be true to ourselves in the process. Mostly, it is to appreciate those who work on behalf of others who do not have a voice. Who become a small beacon of hope with their essential humanity to work effortlessly on behalf of those less fortunate, yet who are deserving of dignity and respect.