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But before verdict and sentencing? Surely information such as this should only be sought by the Court after a guilty verdict and sentence has been delivered lest justice be to have been some way influenced by nationality. Afterwards, so that, in appropriate circumstances, steps towards deportation can be taken is one thing... but at the start of the trial??

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