British justice strikes again..

[Raider]

I would rant right now, but I'm too mad so i'm going to have to sit down for a while

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7143248.stm

 

[B&W]

I was just about to start a thread on this.

At a hearing, Mark Wall QC, challenging the safety of the manslaughter convictions, argued that it could not be established
which of the allegedly "unlawful or dangerous" actions, if any of them, had contributed to Mr Norton's heart attack.

Right so it wasn't the throwing of the bricks that caused him to have a heart attack...

 

[Van Hellseek]

And for people who actually like to know what a thread is about before clicking external links...

Five boys aged 12 to 14 who were jailed for two years each for killing a man as he played cricket have had their manslaughter convictions overturned.

Link and go = fail.

 

[SB118]

I am quite speechless at the idiocy of this action.

 

[Dolph]

I was just about to start a thread on this.

Right so it wasn't the throwing of the bricks that caused him to have a heart attack...

Beyond all reasonable doubt? It wasn't. If he'd died of a head injury caused by the brick, that would be clear. It's highly probable that the throwing of bricks may have contributed to the heart attack, but generally, we ask for better evidence than that in a court of law.

It sucks royally, and the boys should be banged up for a good long while for what they did, but not for what they might have done.

 

[Masterdog]

Just to clarify, they haven't been set free or anything. It's going for a retrial. Surely the point of justice is to keep the innocent from punishment as well as condemning the guilty?

 

[Tefal]

Beyond all reasonable doubt? It wasn't. If he'd died of a head injury caused by the brick, that would be clear. It's highly probable that the throwing of bricks may have contributed to the heart attack, but generally, we ask for better evidence than that in a court of law.

It sucks royally, and the boys should be banged up for a good long while for what they did, but not for what they might have done.

throwing bricks at a guys head sounds like attempted murder or at least assault.

 

[Dolph]

throwing bricks at a guys head sounds like attempted murder or at least assault.

No argument from me there.

 

[Azagoth]

Sounds like the appeals judge had received a few too many blows to the head!

 

[scorza]

Just to clarify, they haven't been set free or anything. It's going for a retrial. Surely the point of justice is to keep the innocent from punishment as well as condemning the guilty?

The article says that they've been bailed We all know the so called criminal justice system in this country is stacked in favour of the crim

 

[Gackt]

EPIC FAIL.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

WTF absloutely disgusting, the sooner we start dealing with crime our ******* selves the better!!!.

Btw Sweary alert above.

 

[AJUK]

Those disgusting animals should have been kept in prison until dawn on their 18 birthdays; then they should have been hanged.

 

[willhub]

I'm surprised his 17yr old son did not go kick the **** into those boys I think I would have they would have deserved every little bit of pain and should not be let out they should have been locked up and key thrown away.

 

[kibblerok]

when you read things like this you just think whats the ******* point

 

[Killa_ken]

That's no punishment!

Dont you worry Ill sort that kid out myself.

 

[BlackDragon]

After reading that I emailed number 10/prime minister. I suggest you all do the same to get him to take notice of things like this

 

[RandomTom]

England is overcrowded by about 10 million people imo, when the national cull begins, I nominate these few, If people are willing to cooperate I'll start up the list of addresses we can vacate.

 

[G-MAN2004]

Absolutely ridiculous. utter scum.

 

[vincent1989]

should be nailed to the wall and executed with less of this scum roaming our streets we'd be a far better country again