“Ms Martin, did you or did you not have an intimate relationship with Joseph Rig?” The prosecutor pressed when silence ensued.

“I-I don’t remember.”

The prosecutor sighed in frustration and walked back to her deputy, who handed over a picture of Joseph Rig. ‘Oh, Goddess, just kill me now’, Marie thought. The prosecutor returned to the witness stand and asked, “You don’t know him, Ms Martin?”

“N-No.”

The prosecutor then flipped the paper over to show another man before she asked, “And what about this man?”

Marie was getting paler by the second. “N-No.”

“Ms Martin, you’re just making things worse for yourself if you choose to lie. Perjury does...