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The trial of amongst six others, the former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and David Cameron's former spin doctor Andy Coulson finally began yesterday, both of them are former Editors of the late unlamented News of the World. The trial is expected to take up to six months. About 25 barristers representing the eight accused, the crown, the police and Uncle Tom Cobley will be involved along with an army of solicitors and paralegals.

12 members of the public are being selected from a pool of about 80 to act as jurors. Could you remain interested in such a case over so long a period?
 
My main worry is the type of people who end up on these juries when you need to be able to take 6 months out of your life & work with only minimal compensation. My career would certainly suffer if I had to take half a year off.
 
I am not interested in the slightest.

Nor do i believe it is possible to take 6 months for a court case to occur, except for incompetence or laziness or both.
 
Read the title and I knew this would have a reference to News International. I guess the question wouldn't have been asked if it was another trial. ;)
 
Political Show trial, deals been done long ago on what punishments they'll get, complete waste of Public Money.
 
i did a long jury service, about 8 weeks. Incredibly boring except for a few "funny" days of transcripted evidence
 
platinum87 said:
I am not interested in the slightest.

Nor do i believe it is possible to take 6 months for a court case to occur, except for incompetence or laziness or both.
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I think that you may underestimate the guile and greed of the legal profession ;)


doofer said:
Political Show trial, deals been done long ago on what punishments they'll get, complete waste of Public Money.
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I am not convinced about this. Whilst I think that the past relationship between both major political parties and the Police has been very unhealthy, I think that most people in politics and the Police will now be VERY keen to steer clear of this case. I predict a great deal of "No comment while the trial is in progress".


Theophany said:
I lament the loss of the News of the World. It was once an excellent newspaper that was turned into a trashy rag.
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I suspect that you must be older than Methuselah then :p
 
I wouldn't get picked having known Rebecca Brook (nee Wade) years back as she grew up in the next village along from us. She was a fun girl back then.......... ;-)
 
doofer said:
Political Show trial, deals been done long ago on what punishments they'll get, complete waste of Public Money.
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Nope. The prosecution will want blood and there is little the political powers can do about that, even if they want to, now taht the case is so public. To be caught medalling (and they would be snitched on!) would bring down the government, which wouldn't be a risk they're willing to take. The defendants have no political or media clout any more.
 
I suspect that the Government will try to exploit any public anger over the disgraceful behaviour of Brooks, Coulson, et al to impose restrictions on what the press can do in the future.

It is (perhaps) ironic that just as this case starts, our esteemed Prime Minister (who did incidentally choose to employ Coulson despite being advised against doing so) announces that he will take action to muzzle the Guardian if it doesn't stop revealing details of criminal activity by GCHQ and the NSA. I expect also that he remembers the revelations in the Telegraph about MPs abusing their expense allowances.

I can foresee that Lord Leveson's recommendations will end up being distorted so as to prevent worthwhile investigative journalism whilst doing next to nothing about the sensationalist and lascivious revelations about Z-List nonentities that are the bread and butter of the gutter press.
 
I'm old & have never been asked to do jury duty & can't understand for the life of me why ?
 
stockhausen said:
I think that you may underestimate the guile and greed of the legal profession ;)
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That is an outragious slur. This will clearly be an highly complex trial such that 6 months is more than justified.:D It has to be said, though, that some of the cases in which I have been involved have been ludicrous in their length, many of them totally unjustifiably. But a month skiing over Christmas and a month in the Bahamas during the summer months doesn't pay for itself... :eek:
 
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