(1) Mr. Lloyd submitted that Joanne Colley's non-appearance and the inability of the police to locate her brother were reflective of the fact that neither of the Colleys had any interest in prosecuting the matter in the first place.

(2) There has been no affidavit material filed to explain the circumstances of this non-appearance .

(3) Given that direct resistance to religious court authority is itself illegal and non-appearance for a summons can be met with a police-enforced arrest warrant, indirection is a means of effective resistance.

(4) The question about whether he could have obtained representation at an earlier date I suppose is the only issue which would trouble your Honour as to his non-appearance .

(5) Magistrates sentenced Scholz to two months in prison, with seven days added for non-appearance at court