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Of course he was cleared. There's no evidence at all in any of these cases. I'd be worried about the implications for our legal system if it was possible to secure a conviction on the strength of any of this
Pretty much what I've been saying all along:
[i]"Police and the authorities missed Jimmy Savile," Travis's barrister, Stephen Vullo, told jurors in his closing speech last week.
"In any society when something goes wrong, a harvest fails, there is a reaction, an understandable reaction.
"Nobody wants sexual predators to get away with their crimes. Everybody wants them to be brought to justice, but there is no justice whatsoever in overreaction, bringing a 68-year-old man of impeccable character to this court and muddying his name to make us feel better about Jimmy Savile. It wouldn't right that wrong."[/i]
I'd be worried about the implications for our legal system if it was possible to secure a conviction on the strength of any of this
Dezb I saw it on the news. I don't have any interest in Corrie or any of the other soaps/dramas etc.
Now if you said BBCs' Andy Peters was running a vice ring and selling Klashnikovs 😯
[i]I don't have any interest in Corrie or any of the other soaps/dramas etc.[/i]
Me neither, but any news report will tell you who he is.
Dezb I saw it on the news
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[i][b]Can I just say 'who'[/b]? When I first heard this and 90% of the others I didn't have a clue who they were/are.[/i]
[i]I don't have any interest in [b]Corrie[/b] or any of the other soaps/dramas etc[/i]
Hmm...
I know you're [i]trying to make a really interesting point[/i], but just because people know who he is, it doesn't mean they are avid watchers of soap operas..
When I [b][i]first[/i][/b] heard
BOOM!