A Longman direction warning the jury about forensic disadvantage from delay and an orthodox direction not to speculate about matters not in evidence operate in different spheres of the jury's function and are incapable of undermining each other. There is no 'fine line' for the jury to navigate between the two directions. A Longman direction is not an invitation to speculate about what the accused might have been able to prove absent the delay.
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