§ Mr. Stan Thorneasked the Attorney-General what is the total cost to public funds of the case against the defendants Sinclair, Maher, Smith, Kirby, Russell, Barclay, Barclay, Soich, Hincksman, Fagan, Blackman, and Pidgeon, heard before Mrs. Justice Heilbron at Lancaster Crown court between 6 January and 15 July 1981.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe usual costs of trial, which include jury and witness expenses, amounted to £1.3 million in this case. Included in this figure is police costs for the security of witnesses and of the court building. If one goes further and adds to that the administration costs of the court and the costs of the police investigation itself and other such items there is a total cost to public funds of just over £2 million.
§ Mr. Stan Thorneasked the Attorney-General whether the defendant Sinclair in the handless corpse case at Lancaster Crown court, January to July 1981, has yet paid the £1 million which on 28 July 1981, Mrs. Justice Heilbron ordered him to contribute, within three months, towards the cost of his prosecution.