Acquitted Man Convicted

[FredPuli43]

http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/dec/07/violent-rapist-jailed-court-quashes-acquittal

Thought this was interesting. The double jeopardy rule, here the plea of autrefois acquit [pronounced, as old lawyers weren't good at French, 'oh-ter-foyz akkit'] was abolished in some controversy. But that has had good consequences; this is a recent and interesting example; hasn't it ?

[LazyGun]

I quite like this comment from the article, fred :)

"Asked why the action taken against Khatkar was previously not allowed in the justice system, Levitt added: "The law is constantly evolving, it reacts to circumstances.

"Nobody would suggest that it was necessarily wrong what had happened before but subsequent events show us that perhaps allowing juries to apply their common sense is in fact a very straightforward way of achieving justice"

[Gromit]

Interesting case.

Good to see the law evolving and wrong verdicts by juries can, in exceptional cases, be overturned.

[anotheoldgit]

Surely that is not an English name? just asking.

[LazyGun]

@ AoG What, Fred? Sounds pretty english to me...

[mikey4444]

Good result, but what a pity it came to late to save the 6 women.

[FredPuli43]

Oh yes, AOG, this man from Derby has a name of foreign origin, like Diarmaid or Caoimhe or Finkelstein or Beauchamp (or Puli ). Are you interested in the origin of names?

[jake-the-peg]

About as English as Sax-Coburg

[jomifl]

Ah right...Anglo-Saxon....that't English isn't it?

[sp1814]

AOG

What point were you trying to make with your post at 15:21?

What's the relevance?

[emmie]

too little too late, six other women had to suffer as a result.