LAW REPORT : LUCY PANTOPOD v. SLAUGHTER HOUSE BRIDGE CLUB ( 2013)

With the purge of the Pantopods now in full swing, another soon found herself ruthlessly thrown of the club on a serious disciplinary charge of assault and battery,  against one of Bigot's most feared and respected committee members, Ronnie "  The Vice Man "  Kray. Taking her grievance all the way to the High Court, Bigot yet again stepped up to the plate   to take on the role of defence counsel for the club. A short extract from the trial's transcript appears below. 

Counsel for the plaintiff ( CP ) :  Ronnie " The Vice Man " Kray is a vicious bully....a real nasty piece of work
B-J : The man is a saint....
CP : My client is a frail, delicate old lady who has so little strength she's even unable to throw bridgemate........whereas Ronnie weighs in at 20 stone... and is all muscle
B-J : Nevertheless, it was your client that assaulted poor Ronnie, by rushing towards him and thrusting her upper arms into his hands........the force was such that one of his little fingers got hurt as a result
CP : Excuse me.....but I have a witness who will swear blind that Lucy Pantopod was..... at the time..... standing still, and that it was Ronnie who came towards her like a rampaging bull....only to hold her very firmly in one of his vice-like grips..... before shaking the woman to near death
B-J : Well, according to Ronnie he was merely trying to shake himself free....but hey, why not call this star witness of yours........because so far none of the other witnesses have said a dicky bird
( A very nervous, panic-stricken, white faced witness gets up and takes the stand )
B-J : Please tell the court what really happened ?
Witness : Can't recall.......
B-J : Thank God for that....so there you have it.....no evidence at all against Ronnie 
Judge : So I see......but where is all this leading us ?
CP : Your honour, please allow me to put a few questions to this witness. I'm sure that everything will become apparent if I can just jog a memory a tiny bit
B-J : You'll not get a peep out of her........she's knows what in her best interests !
CP : My God.....I'm beginning to believe that strange, damnable , almost diabolic threats..... in this extraordinary tangled web of intrigue...........are choking all my witnesses here. A plot so fiendish, so infernal, so heinous has surely been hatched..... not just to get my client convicted at her club for a crime she didn't commit.........but to deny her justice in a court of law
Judge : Well, that's life......case dismissed......and Bigot.... does that now mean you can release my wife and daughter ?
B-J : Absolutely.......