Proceedings over for the day
Stoner is concluding his cross-examination. He ends by quoting what Rafiq’s former teammate Ajmal Shahzad has said about how there was “no way in hell” that Rafiq wouldn’t have spoken out at the time about Vaughan’s alleged comments if they were true.
Mr Shahzad is right isn’t he? That if someone said anything to you, you would have spoken up about it, says Stoner.
“I wish now I had said it at the time,” replies Rafiq. “Maybe I wouldn’t carry the mental scars. Anyone who has never gone through this. It is disappointing to read this from Ajmal. I don’t know what to say, I wish I had the courage to have said it earlier.”
And that concludes proceedings for today.
Rafiq: I went public on Vaughan comments 'when I had enough courage'
Stoner asks whether he agrees that it is difficult to recall details of events that happened years ago. “It depends how much it matters to you,” Rafiq replies. “Sat here, it matters. And it has mattered. And over the last three years the way it has been used to more or less destroy my life, so it does matter.”
Stoner points out he [Rafiq] didn’t raise the alleged Vaughan incident for 11 years. “I raised it when I had enough courage to raise it,” replies Rafiq.
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