Roving, the problem with this tragedy is that it represents merely the tip of an iceberg which has accounted for 74 deaths in military airworthiness related fatal accidents featured in this forum alone. Airworthiness for which the MOD by itself or via its subsidiary authority is responsible. The real death toll is probably many times higher. By presiding over this farrago of a trial, the judge allows the iceberg to carry on the carnage unencumbered. Given the renowned independence of the judiciary, frowned upon by airpolice (though I am not so convinced), surely she could have ordered a mistrial if she were beset by the doubts her remarks seem to imply?
Having read her remarks, as a professional do you find they raise more questions than they answer?