Thomas Cholmondeley begins his defence as trial drags on over second death

Trial of Old Etonian over second death has dragged on for a year with suspicion that prosecution is stalling for time The Right Honourable Thomas Cholmondeley plonks his gangly frame in a battered armchair as if he was in an Eton common room rather than Kamiti Maximum Security Prison. A rare coincidence of water and electricity means he has had a hot shower for the first time in weeks. “I’ve washed my hair and had a good shower and things always seem better then,” he says, beaming his greetings around the shabby prison warders’ office, where he is allowed to meet visitors. It is more than two years since Mr Cholmondeley, 40, was arrested and charged with murder after a poacher was shot dead on his family’s 58,000-acre estate. Mr Cholmondeley’s defence will finally begin today. His trial has dragged on endlessly, with... [read full story]