Role Play. 4.9.2 Enact in English with roles on the theme "Hearing the Case in a Criminal Court", using Fig

4.9.2 Enact in English with roles on the theme "Hearing the Case in a Criminal Court", using Fig. 4a and Fig. 4b.

Situation: 53-year-old Mr Charles Bell committed a crime before (steal­ing a car) and was punished with every week visiting the police station during 6 months. He was also imposed a fine of £1500. Now he is accused of robbery and grievous bodily harm. A victim is 36-year-old mistress (співмешканка) of Mr Charles Bell, whose salary he took away and drank away, having beaten her (what resulted in concussion of the brain (струс мозку)). A witness of the crime appeared to be the mistress's girl-friend, who had just come to see her.

Play participants: Ernest Brain, county presiding judge

Glen Robinson, prosecutor

Charles Bell, defendant (accused)

Mitchell Fisher, defendant's barrister

Linda Smith, victim's solicitor

Carol Evans, witness

the jury

Taking part in the play as acting characters of a criminal case give proof (обґрунтуйте) of your point of view, in particular:

a) Prosecutor, Glen Robinson, prosecuting a crime in the court, is mak­ing a report about the basic facts of the case, details of the process and the results of the investigation that completely proves the criminal es­sence of the offence, committed by Charles Bell, characterizes the personality of the accused... Mr Robinson taking into consideration all the circumstances of the crime that took place and were proved

Fig. 4a At the Police Station

1. jail 4. handcuffs 7. gun

2. detective 5. badge 8. holster

3. suspect 6. police officer 9. nightstick

in the court, asks the jury to find the accused Charles Bell guilty accord­ing to three articles of the Criminal Code... He also demands punishment on the strength of these articles (по сукупності цих статей). The Prosecutor demands that he should go to prison for seven years and six months with the confiscation of property of 50 000 pounds as compensation for physical and moral damages to the victim...

b) Witness Carol Evans testifies upon a trial about the circumstances of the crime... She saw Charles Bell cynically beat a defenceless woman, who did not even resist him... The witness said that she, in fact, had to tear the victim out of the hands of the malicious (злісний) hooligan, then to call for the ambulance and the police...

c) The defendant's barrister (баристер підсудного/обвинувачуваного) Mitchell Fisher calls the jury's attention to a number of facts and circumstances that can influence the jury's opinion... He states that part of the money, taken away from the