"There is not a day that transpires that I don't think about this case," the judge said.
More than a few among the crowd of 47,785 were presumably wondering whether Friday night's anticipated showdown in Philadelphia — Cole Hamels versus Johan Santana — had somehow transpired a day earlier, and about 90 miles to the north.
The next day it transpired that Kauto Star had a hairline fracture of one hock.
Later in the day it transpired that the man clutching the microphone at Valley Parade, on a night that will go down as one of the most memorable in Bradford's history, is more often found with a hymn book in his hand.
That day, it transpired, Fonteyn was informed that her husband had been shot in Panama.
I played a gig a couple of years back in Southend On Sea of all places, and had assumed that late check out had been arranged, which by midday the next day it transpired it hadn't at all.
But on the Friday it transpired that he needed an immediate operation, so for him Cup final glory meant the opening segment of ITV's coverage, sat in pyjamas nattering to John Helm.
On Monday it transpired that my dog had a brain tumour.
By Wednesday, it transpired that the belt was little more than a collection of mobile phone handsets, and a wire with a distinct resemblance to a bicycle lock stuffed into pockets to give the illusion of explosives.
On Friday, it transpired that reports demonstrators had rallied outside Creasy's house were untrue.
Last Friday, it transpired, officers from Thames Valley police raided A4e's offices in Slough as part of a fraud inquiry: the Daily Mail reported allegations that the staff concerned had managed to place people in jobs that lasted only 24 hours, but still take payment-by-results money from the Department of Work and Pensions.
