"Mrcheerful" wrote in message
news:67Xuj.10413$XI.5007@text.news.virginmedia.com...
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> Alang wrote:
>> One law for us and no law for the police. If this man had been shot
>> by a cop there is not a chance in the world the cop would even have
>> been arrested let alone considerd for charging
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>> http://tinyurl.com/2otnpk
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>> "A shopkeeper who heroically fought off an armed robber could be
>> charged with murder after the thief was fatally stabbed with his own
>> knife as they tussled.
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>> Tony Singh, 34, was arrested after he fought back when career
>> criminal Liam Kilroe - on the run after being charged with two other
>> robberies - ambushed him at knifepoint as he was about to go home.
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>> There was a struggle before Kilroe, 25, fell back with a fatal stab
>> wound to his chest. He tried to run away but collapsed and died in a
>> pool of blood only yards away.
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>> Police arrested Mr Singh on suspicion of murder and are now preparing
>> to send a file to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). "
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> so if your relative for instance, was stabbed to death, apparently by
> someone acting in self defence, you would not want the person that caused
> the death to be arrested and an investigation take place?
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> The police cannot choose what to do in these circumstances, the facts must
> be collected and sent to the CPS for someone in authority to make a
> decision, this is what has happened.
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> In the fullness of time I would hope that on the reported facts (all we
> can go on) the shopkeeper will be exonerated.
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I agree.
In cases like this it's not for the police to just say that "he was a bad
guy" and leave it at that.
It's quite right that they should gather the evidence and then let the CPS
decide.
If the events are as they seem to be I'd expect NFA
--
Alex
"I laugh in the face of danger , then I hide until it goes away"
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