[nomadking]

As I reported in the quoted section, both the defence and prosecution were under the impression that she would keep her face covered in court, hence the discussion in court. The prosecution would have spoken to her beforehand and as she worked for the defendant, they would have known what she was likely to do. They were no indications that she had actually already given evidence with her face covered up. If she had already given evidence without her face being covered up, there wouldn't have been the discussion in court, as it wasn't about the the court forcing her to keep her face covered. If she had already given evidence, then at the time she would have been politely asked to uncover her face, and if, as it is claimed she would have been ok with that, then again there wouldn't have been the discussion in court.