On Mar 26, 8:22=A0pm, "Steve Walker" wrote:
> Richard Miller wrote:
> > In message <38cju3dtm4gcd8t5br457afvv83n8je...@4ax.com>, Mike Ross
> > writes
>
> >> From:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7313130.stm
>
> >> "A woman who told a gang of swearing teenage girls to be quiet spent
> >> 16 hours in
> >> a police cell after being falsely accused of assault.
>
> > Says who? Oh yes, says the defendant.
>
> > [Snip]
>
> >> Despite protesting her innocence, the mother-of-seven was held in a
> >> police cell for 16 hours before being charged with common assault."
>
> >> "On the first day, magistrates agreed to a defence submission that
> >> there was no case to answer after it emerged the scratches were
> >> accidental."
>
> > The way this is phrased appears to be a tacit admission that the
> > defendant caused the scratches.
>
> > This looks like a classic example of the news report taking only the
> > defendant's version of events, and presenting it as if it were gospel.
> > There were scratches. They appear to have been caused by the
> > defendant. There appears to have been no proof of intent. This does
> > not look like a miscarriage of justice to me, but a case where the
> > police and Courts followed the proper course to a natural conclusion.
>
> Yes, that's arguably - especially if the chavette's mates were all giving
> supporting statements. =A0 =A0However, the 5 month delay before vindicatio=
n
> isn't acceptable - didn't this government promise a faster, fairer crimina=
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> justice system back in '97?- Hide quoted text -
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