DaveReidUK
Someone has previously mentioned the police having something like 25,000 pages of material. It all has to be looked at by the defence whether it eventually takes them by surprise or not.
Using an average of 2 minutes per page (the figure that used to be accepted to read straightforward criminal trial statements and bearing in mind much of it here may be technical) = 50,000 minutes or 833.33 hours or 104 eight hour days (assuming that you read constantly for the 8 hours) or 21 working weeks. In reality, if the 25,000 figure is anywhere near correct it will take several months just to go through the prosecution material and that's before you factor in defence evidence, experts etc.