803 Pausing for a moment (as Ms Wilkinson and Mr Llewellyn ought to have done), here was an item of contemporaneous evidence said to elevate the accusation beyond a "she said, he said" contest. But both Ms Wilkinson and Mr Llewellyn moved on (by asking about seeing a doctor or contraception) at which time (and unresponsively to a question) Ms Higgins changed the subject to bring them back to something she and Mr Sharaz had evidently discussed and considered important to the credibility of her account (Ex 36 (at 1:24:58)):
Mr Llewellyn:
And were you on any contraception?
Ms Higgins:
Brittany: No.
Mr Llewellyn:
Sorry, I know these are hideously private questions for me to ask.
Ms Higgins:
No, it's fine, it's fine. I guess you can kind of see it in that photo, I've got a different one. But it's, it was just, it was like this weird, largescale bruise, it was on my thigh.
Mr Llewellyn:
Yeah, so that's like -
Ms Higgins:
It was the whole leg, but it was, because it was really pressed -
Mr Llewellyn:
Because I can see the line there.
Ms Higgins:
Yeah. And it wasn't like a deep purple, but it was just this weird -
Ms Wilkinson:
Oh, right.
Ms Higgins:
- pressure bruise. I don't know. I don't know, it was weird.
Mr Llewellyn:
And -
Ms Wilkinson:
Oh, I see.
