Looks like that edifice is finally going to come tumbling down.
A test case is to be heard in the chourt of appeal within weeks, which will challenge the investigation for the first time and could expose a \”huge miscarriage of justice\”, lawyers claim.
Chris Saltrese, the solicitor representing the convicted man, Anthony O\’Shea, said: \”If his appeal is successful the convictions of others for the same offence will fall too.
\”We are talking in the hundreds and we say this is a huge miscarriage of justice.\”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7340997.stm
Wow, another horrific miscarriage of justice! It’s almost like there are sections of the police and CPS and judiciary who are utterly and terminally incompetent.
I think you are being too generous Obo. I think there are sections of those institutions that are outright evil.
About time and can we have prosecutions of those that pushed these cases even though they knew the facts.
Not before time…
So someone steals your credit card details, uses them to buy child porn, and you lose your entire life.
Justice.
Hey Andrew (or should I say Jim Gamble?), you ought to know that the truth behind that is a teensy weensy bit more complicated.
Have a look at this instead:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/17/ore_bates_arrest/
Something a bit more balanced. And we know what happened after: the chief constable of the arresting force nearly ended up in prison.
Also note that neither Tim nor the Telegraph piece even referred to Bates, so bringing him in is a particularly poisonous non-sequitur (even if you believe he really was ‘disgraced’ rather than ‘disgracefully fitted up’)
“..bringing him in is a particularly poisonous non-sequitur..”
And there’s something I can agree with johnb on. See, he doesn’t always talk absolute crap.
Unlike when he successfully tries to predict how many times false rape cases actually occur…
Well the appeal failed – http://www.mearnsleader.co.uk/news/police_welcome_rejection_of_child_porn_conviction_appeal_1_404401
So, either there is large conspiracy involving the Judiciary and Police…or the suspects were guilty all along. Interesting comments by the Judge regarding Jim Bates
http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/o-shea-judgment-06122010.pdf
He told a deliberate lie to the Court, according to the Judge.