James Westbrook

James Westbrook was the prosecution barrister at Zoe Carpenter's trial for the murder of Sarah Barnes from November to December 2009. 
During the trial, James questioned Kingsley, who stated that Zoe and Sarah were having fun and that everything became strained when Lydia Hart arrived. Kingsley continued, saying that Lydia told him that Zoe was trying to ruin her relationship with Sarah, that Zoe was obsessed with Sarah and was scared of what she might do.
James then questioned Lydia about her relationship with Sarah and that she decided to go on the adventure course because she knew Zoe would be there. Lydia proceeded to claim that Zoe was always making snide comments to her and that she was deliberately trying to cause trouble between her and Sarah. Lydia then claimed that after Sarah and Zoe had been drinking that Zoe tried to pressure Sarah into sleeping with her and that Zoe got angry when Sarah rejected her advances.
James proceeded to read out Sarah's pathology report, stating that they parachute ripcord had been cut and that the cause of Sarah's death was multiple injuries consistent with a high velocity impact.
James then questioned Zoe about her relationship with Sarah and Mike Barnes and about how she attacked Sarah after Mike found out about her sleeping with Sarah. James then brought up the film she made about Sarah's life and claimed that Zoe was obsessed with Sarah and that she was angry when Sarah rejected her that she killed her.
James proceeded to question Mike after he read out Sarah's diary, claiming that Sarah could've committed suicide after being rejected by Zoe. James questioned if Mike was so in love with Zoe that he would forgive her for anything, including killing Sarah. When Mike slips up saying he previously thought Zoe 'had done it', James questioned if he meant that he thought that Zoe did kill Sarah, which Mike denies. Subsequently, at the end of the trial, Zoe was found not guilty of Sarah's murder.
== List of appearances ==
=== 2009 ===
* 30th November 2009
* 1st December 2009
* 2nd December 2009
* 3rd December 2009
Category:Hollyoaks characters
Category:2009 minor characters
Category:Barristers