Unsurprisingly, Mr Hughes had no recollection of this, and agreed that it was impossible he could ever have advised Bane in such terms. 152. Question 8 on the form asked “If you are married, where do your wife and children (if any) reside?” In answering this question, Bane provided the following additional information: “I despised them totally. They are part of the conspiracy against me, which wanted to destroy me financially, socially and physically. They don’t exist any more for me. My solicitor Oppenheimers – Mr David Hughes and Mr Ian Airey could furnish you with information.” It should be noted that in this answer “them” must refer to Mirjana and Zoran, because the question related only to his wife and children. Unless Bane had misread the question, he could not have answered in these terms if he regarded only his wife and sister as conspirators against him. It is again hardly necessary to add that Mr Hughes was never contacted by the Inspector to provide further information under this head. 153. It is also interesting to note, before leaving the domicile questionnaire, that in answer to question 11 (“What is the reason for your residence in the United Kingdom?”) Bane gave a brief resume of his life history, recording that from the age of eight Great Britain was his ideal and everybody in Belgrade used to call him “Bane – English”. He said that he had taught himself English language, literature, history and politics, and was a convinced royalist devoted to the Royal Family. He said that he had become a British citizen in May 1975, and although he had dual citizenship he had not renewed his Yugoslav passport in 1988. He had last been in Yugoslavia in September 1972, “and I shall never ever visit that country”. He continued: “I appreciate very much the way of life in Great Britain, the most tolerant society in the World.” I suspect that some minor details of this self-portrait may be exaggerated, or even fictional, but the document is nevertheless of value as showing how Bane perceived himself, and his relationship with his family, early in 1988. The Expert Evidence 154. As I have already said, the Court had the benefit of expert evidence, both written and oral, from two distinguished psychiatrists, Dr Adrienne Reveley instructed on behalf of Zoran and Professor Robert Howard instructed on behalf of the CPA. 155. Dr Reveley is an experienced psychiatrist, who specialises in general adult psychiatry. After qualifying in medicine in 1972, she trained in psychiatry in the USA. From 1979 to 2003 she worked at the Maudsley Hospital, the Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry, collectively known as “the Maudsley”, and from 1983 to 2003 she was a consultant psychiatrist at the Bethlem Royal Hospital and a lead consultant within the National Directorate of the South London & Maudsley NHS Trust. She also engaged in psychiatric research in the Institute of Psychiatry and published widely in the fields of psychiatric diagnosis, neuropsychiatry and

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