I was in the courtroom.

I had decided about nine times not to go.

It took eleven minutes.

Richard stood up with his hands at his sides.

He was asked whether he understood the charge and he said yes.

He was asked whether he had made a false statement on a document presented to a financial institution on the twenty-fourth of September 2024 and he said — and this is the whole of what my father has ever said about it, on any occasion, to anybody —

He said: “Yes, Your Honour.”