Vanessa Scammell

Sounds damning, right?

So what happened next?

Well, in cross-examination, it turned out she wasn't even on stage.

That's right.

On May the 9th, the show report from the 2014 Rocky Horror Show was presented, complete with details.

outlining that C2 had left the stage prior to the going home number and was vomiting into a garbage bin.

She didn't return to the stage that evening, making witnessing any such face grab or aggressive clapping impossible.

Further, a visual record of the bows from the Rocky Horror Show 2014's Curtain Call was shown in court, where it is obvious that the cast were never directed to clap.

The description of the scene that C1 gave, i.e.

that when the cast clapped the band, is not how the bows were directed.

There simply was no clapping.

Rather, it was a continuous gesture with one arm by the full cast to the band, who were situated above them on a platform.

No other cast member witnessed such aggressive clapping towards C1, and no audience member, stage management or crew had any accounts or recollections of such an incident.

Why would this not be considered as false evidence and therefore perjury?

It seems very strange and very coincidental that these two witnesses had exactly the same account, yet one of them wasn't even on the stage.

The police relied on C3 as being an eyewitness

She claimed she saw Craig take C1's face using both hands.

Yes, that's right, two hands, and then sort of shove her face to one side.

Well, again, apart from the fact this account doesn't match the description C1 gave, it turns out C3 was relying on hearsay, which technically rules her evidence out.

An ensemble member gave evidence that he had witnessed the alleged common assault during the going home scene.