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Guilty Until Proven Innocent?
I cannot imagine the mental anguish this poor young man has had to endure for the past two years following an entirely made-up and malicious accusation of rape.
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Are we getting to the point where there is an assumption on the part of the police of guilt, and that in some cases (I said some - I would have put it in italics if I knew how to), evidence to the contrary is a little inconvenient? It certainly would appear so in this case.
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Are we getting to the point where there is an assumption on the part of the police of guilt, and that in some cases (I said some - I would have put it in italics if I knew how to), evidence to the contrary is a little inconvenient? It certainly would appear so in this case.
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//Mr Allan's lawyers were denied access to the woman's telephone records after police insisted there was nothing of interest for the defence or prosecution.//
Damned lies from the police again! Charge them with perverting the course of justice or perjury if possible. "Never trust a priest or a policeman." I remember my dad saying that when I was but a boy. I thought he was mad, as everybody else was telling me the opposite. How right he turned out to be. Wonder if plod was using a bit of "social profiling" when deciding to manipulate the ""evidence""?
Damned lies from the police again! Charge them with perverting the course of justice or perjury if possible. "Never trust a priest or a policeman." I remember my dad saying that when I was but a boy. I thought he was mad, as everybody else was telling me the opposite. How right he turned out to be. Wonder if plod was using a bit of "social profiling" when deciding to manipulate the ""evidence""?
// A 'little madam' is not what I'd call her. She should have the book thrown at her!//
come come - let us not assume she is guilty ( well- of everything) until proven innocent....
rather than spout endless ly on AB I did write to the DPP about these cases ( one case - acquitted in eight minutes, hardly enough time to get your bottom into a chair..) and she said the system ( which she had changed) was meant to work like that ....
and yes the change came with an assurance that the woman complainant would be believed ....
the result was that a lot more 'he did! no I didnt!' cases with no other evidence went to the jury
come come - let us not assume she is guilty ( well- of everything) until proven innocent....
rather than spout endless ly on AB I did write to the DPP about these cases ( one case - acquitted in eight minutes, hardly enough time to get your bottom into a chair..) and she said the system ( which she had changed) was meant to work like that ....
and yes the change came with an assurance that the woman complainant would be believed ....
the result was that a lot more 'he did! no I didnt!' cases with no other evidence went to the jury
I spent a lot of time in Magistrates' Courts observing. I found the CPS lawyers in general to be shoddy, ill-prepared and quite often inarticulate. The only cases they seemed to win were those where the defendant pleaded guilty. Should a not guilty plea be entered they had to ask for an adjournment in order to get their act together.
