{"id":799,"date":"2016-11-09T11:25:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T11:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voicenorthants.local\/myvoice\/?p=799"},"modified":"2016-11-10T14:20:23","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T14:20:23","slug":"defendant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/2016\/11\/09\/defendant\/","title":{"rendered":"Defendant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The defendant is the person who is accused of breaking the law, they will be sat in the dock or near their defence lawyer. They may be asked to discuss what their version of the story is. The defendant will sit in the court throughout the trial and listen to what the witnesses have to say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Note: There may be a dock guard stood with the defendant to make sure\u00a0everyone feels safe.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"helpful-block-content wth-theme-thumbs\" data-title=\"\" >\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"wth-title\">Did you find this page helpful?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a data-post=\"799\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/2016\/11\/09\/defendant\/\" data-post-title=\"Defendant\" data-response=\"1\" href=\"#\" class=\"wth-green-btn icon-thumbsup\">Yes<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a data-response=\"0\" data-post=\"799\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/2016\/11\/09\/defendant\/\" data-post-title=\"Defendant\" href=\"#\" class=\"wth-red-btn icon-thumbsdown\">No<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defendant is the person who is accused of breaking the law, they will be sat in the dock or near their defence lawyer. 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