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October 21

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National News Service, October 21

Taris Trial Sensation!

The country is reeling today after the sensational breach of quarantine trial of 14- year-old Juno of Taris. Juno admitted to breaking quarantine, but that was where the semblance to a standard trial ended. Prominent young lawyer Brighton Hainsworth interrupted proceedings with a further charge against Juno. (See our website for riveting footage of this part of the proceedings.)

Who would have predicted that a trial for breach of quarantine would turn into such a circus? Tears are to be expected on such an occasion and there were plenty of those. However, the arrest of the prosecuting lawyer for far more serious charges is unprecedented.

Juno of Taris challenged Brighton Hainsworth to take a lie-detector test. The courtroom was on the brink of a riot when she put her questions to him. They were certainly inflammatory.

This fine, upstanding citizen who is famous for his fights for justice was to be asked if he had knowingly infected people with the pandemic virus.

He was to be asked if he had knowingly posted web content he knew to be false about the Taris group.

The courtroom audience barely restrained themselves from lynching Juno of Taris, only held back perhaps by the unexpected reaction of Lawyer Hainsworth who plainly did not want to take the test.

He was out of the room for 39 minutes – far longer than the time needed for a two- question test. The atmosphere in the court became uneasy, an unease which increased markedly as police dragged the struggling Hainsworth back into court, his hands cuffed behind his back.

The results? Turns out our fine citizen travelled from Wellington to Auckland in the days immediately preceding the arrival of the Taris group, found a family he or one of his supporters had previously ascertained were about to visit Wellington, and knowingly infected them with the artificial virus. The child of the family was among the first fatalities of the pandemic.

It turns out too that Brighton Hainsworth is behind at least some of the postings that helped whip up hatred and distrust of the people of Taris.

As the judge reiterated as she dismissed both cases against Juno of Taris, the people of Taris have done no wrong. They are innocent. Somebody, for reasons as yet unknown, used them as scapegoats for a pandemic deliberately started by the person or persons unknown.

It is abundantly clear now that Brighton Hainsworth has not acted alone. The pandemic broke out in four separate locations, which indicates that at least three other people were involved.

The false reports and rumours posted on the web appear from an analysis of writing styles to be created by at least 9 different writers.

Most worrying of all, our enquiries suggest that Brighton Hainsworth does not have the expertise to develop an artificial virus. We are therefore left with the question of who did create the virus. Is this group affiliated with the bombers?

We and the people of Taris have been the victims of terrorism. The reasons behind the pandemic, the bombings and the anti-Taris campaign are unclear.

Will Brighton Hainsworth submit to further lie-detector testing? Will he divulge the identities of any of his fellow terrorists? We wait and hope, and in the meantime the country as a whole owes the people of Taris a most sincere apology.

Taris, we welcome you to this country. Our home is now your home.