Where a trial judge chooses to fully summarise the Crown case, the judge must also adequately present the defence case so the jury can comprehend it from the summing up itself. Disparaging the defence account on a key issue, failing to give an Edwards direction on evidence capable of being interpreted as consciousness of guilt, and omitting reference to credibility attacks on prosecution witnesses collectively rendered the summing up unbalanced and the trial unfair.
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