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At times tetchy, Jonathan Dowdall has been haunted by his own ill-judged words

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A sketch by court artist sketch Elizabeth Cook of Jonathan Dowdall (right) being cross-examined by Brendan Grehan SC

December 20 2022 02:30 AM

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One can assume that state witness Jonathan Dowdall has learned at least one salient lesson as a consequence of his current travails, something that he is likely to observe in whatever future life he now faces.

And that is that he will be a lot more vigilant about what he says whenever he opens his mouth.