Mock Trial – A Question of Intent

Saturday 27 July 2024

A young woman is drawn into a sect. Under the influence of the sect, she separates herself from her mother and her friends. Desperate to “rescue” her daughter, as she sees it, her mother and her friend trick the daughter and keep her locked in the bedroom of a flat, where they begin the process of “deprogramming her”.

Days later two young men from the sect turn up at the flat. There is a discussion and events get out of hand.  At the end of these events, one of the young man is stabbed and has to be rushed to hospital to save his life.  The two women now stand charged with Attempted Murder and Wounding with Intent to Cause Grievous Bodily Harm.

On Saturday 27 July in Middle Temple Hall the trial of these two women will be heard. 

The judge is a real judge. 
The jury will be selected on the night from those in the audience who volunteer to be placed in the pool. 12 will be selected at random.
The barristers are students who have recently finished the Bar Training Course. 
The witnesses are all young actors training at the Artists’ Theatre School (Principal: Amanda Redman MBE).