While Bayesian interpretation of evidence is by many forensic experts seen as a natural and attractive method of weighing hypotheses of guilt or innocence, this vision is by no means commonly held by judges and other jurists, neither by all forensic experts. In a similar vein, Buckleton (2005) avoids the terminology Bayesian approach ‘because, strictly, presenting a ratio of likelihoods does not necessarily imply the use of the Bayesian method’ (p. 37). A likelihood ratio of a piece of evidence can be explained and presented without discussion of Bayes’ theorem and thereby prior and posterior odds.