Anyway Mr. Brierley told you that as a result of the hearing, Carol was shattered. She took medication for what he described as her nerves, but he did say that after that court hearing the access arrangements from a practical point of view became more settled.
Well, I am about to turn just to the evidence of Mr. West, and there are some documents I think we should look at in relation to his evidence, but that might be a convenient moment to take a short break, about half-way through the association between Carol Park and Mr. Brierley, and we will move on. Shall we say twenty-to twelve? Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
(The jury withdrew from court)
(The court adjourned)
(The jury entered court)
MR. JUSTICE MCCOMBE: Ladies and gentlemen, I made a mistake. Mr. Webster has told me that when I was telling you about Mrs. Park's departure from home in 1974, I mentioned the fact that Mr. Park vividly remembered the date when she said she wanted a divorce, and apparently I said it was the 26th of September 1975. Well, obviously it was 1974. I am sure that you did not make the mistake that I did, but I apologise.
Well, we were looking, were we not, just before the break at the time when Carol Park was in the North East of England with Mr. Brierley, and she had got her job at Sunningdales School, and I was going to turn to what we heard from Mr. West, who was the headmaster of that school, about certain aspects of her time there. We dealt with the custody hearing, where Mr. Park had been successful and it had had a devastating effect on Carol, and it seems that at some stage between that hearing and the 21st of March, being a date when he had written to Mrs. Park, she had tendered her resignation from Sunningdales, and we have got that letter in our file or at least possibly a draft of it which she may have handed over. Perhaps shall we have a quick look at that? The second series of dividers at flag two. I say a draft because of the way it appears. It is the 'YF' at the bottom, which you might think is "Yours faithfully", something she intended to write but perhaps handed over to Mr. West, but it is on his file anyway. She writes 'SS', perhaps Sunningdales School. "Dear Sir, it is with deep regret that I wish to tender my resignation as an assistant teacher at Sunningdales School as from 31st March. I am sorry to give such short notice, but there are extenuating domestic and health circumstances which involve my moving back to Cumbria, perhaps as soon as possible. My future address will be B", Bluestones, one suspects.