Cyclist fined £2000

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  • spen666
    spen666 Posts: 17,709
    flattythehurdler wrote:
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    If I may use your previous example, spen, the jury found OJ innocent hence he DID NOT murder his wife. True or false?

    Perhaps you might consider what I always say- namely that a defendant in a criminal case is never found not to have committed a crime. He may be found not guilty, but that is not the court saying he did not commit the alleged offence
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  • flattythehurdler
    flattythehurdler Posts: 2,314
    So, by your book, the guildford four were guilty then, for a while at least.
    Dan
  • spen666
    spen666 Posts: 17,709
    flattythehurdler wrote:
    So, by your book, the guildford four were guilty then, for a while at least.

    I have not got a clue what you are trying to say. I am not sure I understand the point you are making. We may be talking at cross purposes here

    The facts of the Guildford 4 case are that they were convicted of the offences in the 1970s and freed in about 1989.

    It is a matter of fact that during this period the judicial system considered them guilty.

    The fact that they were wrongly convicted does not alter the fact thatr between their trial and the court of appeal case in about 1989 they were considered by the judicial system to be guilty.
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  • number9
    number9 Posts: 440
    There are some relevant comments to this post to "The Magistrate's
    Blog":

    http://thelawwestofealingbroadway.blogs ... exploite...


    Most interesting amonst them, someone claiming to be the defendant's
    solicitor posted the following:


    "Hats off to the person who has spotted that almost all of the press
    coverage came about as a result of the Prosecutor's opening. The
    evidence came out very differently in Court.
    None of the witnesses could agree what the cyclist shouted or indeed
    if he shouted at all.
    None of them gave evidence that he shouted "move - I'm not stopping"
    which seems to be the phrase that the media have used to demonise
    the cyclist.
    Having been in Court throughout the trial I do wonder where some
    of the reporters got their information. Some of them even had us in
    the Crown Court!
    I'm back to defending murderers and rapists now where I get a much
    quieter life!"

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