On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:28:51 +0100, totallystressed
wrote:

I am shortly facing court as a witness for the prosecution. The
defendant is apparently going to be representing himself and so will be
asking the cross-examination questions.

The offences are harassment and threats to kill.

Has anyone got any tips to help me? All help is much appreciated.

In addition to the advice already given, a good technique is to turn
to the judge and answer questions towards him as if he'd asked them.
This is an accepted practice and tends to disconcert an unrepresented
defendent if there's no eye contact while you're giving your answers.

And, whatever the defendent says, stay calm, cool and collected.
Don't rise to provocation.

Mike.