 R V John Varey 2009 Teeside Crown Court charges with 4 others with aggravated burglary, wearing stocking masks and armed.A defence witness who saw attackers leaving the premises was killed in a car accident before the trial- Judge allowed her emergency telephone call to the police in which she made from a passing bus describing what happened to be played to the jury.This evidence of a witness speaking after death, resulted in the acquittal of all 5 defendants.