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daz3210 said:
rev-erend said:
The BBC or their source have not helped.
First it was a grey van, then a white van then a blue range rover.
And officially a blue Landrover Discovery if the person being questioned is the bloke that picked her up.First it was a grey van, then a white van then a blue range rover.
redstu said:
Breadvan72 said:
No. Would you like a hat?
Putting a link to a page about the correct spelling of Dilemma is hardly a useful addition to a thread with one of the most serious subjects imaginable.I had read your posts previously with respect to your knowledge.
Your response has just lost that.
I share the concerns of the previous poster and also those expressed by Breadvan.
How can the chap who's been accused ever hope to have a fair trial when his mugshot and details of his life are plastered all over the newspapers? I understand why the police release this information, but it's an interesting dilemna (
cheers for the link BV). Do you release the info and increase the chance of someone calling something in, but potentially at the expense of a fair trial, or do you preserve his anonimity?
If it turns out that the guy you've arrested is just a harmless nutter, what on earth do you do then? Presumably he'll get a big compo payout, but he'll need a new life.
Anyway, needless to say, I do hope they find April as soon as possible. It must be awful for her family. There but for the grace of god go I.
edited for crap spelling!
How can the chap who's been accused ever hope to have a fair trial when his mugshot and details of his life are plastered all over the newspapers? I understand why the police release this information, but it's an interesting dilemna (
cheers for the link BV). Do you release the info and increase the chance of someone calling something in, but potentially at the expense of a fair trial, or do you preserve his anonimity? If it turns out that the guy you've arrested is just a harmless nutter, what on earth do you do then? Presumably he'll get a big compo payout, but he'll need a new life.
Anyway, needless to say, I do hope they find April as soon as possible. It must be awful for her family. There but for the grace of god go I.
edited for crap spelling!
daz3210 said:
But, if a substance is available that is reliable and has no long term effects would it be a problem?
Let's try the stuff out on you first to see whether it does any harm. No? I didn't think you'd agree.daz3210 said:
If he is perfectly innocent his liberties are already infringed.
So let's make it even worse? Brilliant idea.RH
Rovinghawk said:
daz3210 said:
But, if a substance is available that is reliable and has no long term effects would it be a problem?
Let's try the stuff out on you first to see whether it does any harm. No? I didn't think you'd agree.Rovinghawk said:
daz3210 said:
If he is perfectly innocent his liberties are already infringed.
So let's make it even worse? Brilliant idea.RH
sugerbear said:
daz3210 said:
rev-erend said:
The BBC or their source have not helped.
First it was a grey van, then a white van then a blue range rover.
And officially a blue Landrover Discovery if the person being questioned is the bloke that picked her up.First it was a grey van, then a white van then a blue range rover.
Am I correct in thinking that the Police encourage the parents to broadcast an appeal in order to study their behaviour? Does this mean the mother is a suspect in this case?
I wonder if the guy they are holding has already killed April and hidden her body, perhaps in the river and left no evidence to link him to the crime. If he keeps quiet he will have to be released until evidence is found,perhaps getting away with it for ever.
There was a hint in the media that the mother was linked with the suspect somehow, I won't be surprised if ther turns out to be a lot more to this story.
I wonder if the guy they are holding has already killed April and hidden her body, perhaps in the river and left no evidence to link him to the crime. If he keeps quiet he will have to be released until evidence is found,perhaps getting away with it for ever.
There was a hint in the media that the mother was linked with the suspect somehow, I won't be surprised if ther turns out to be a lot more to this story.
andygo said:
... if they have the perp....
He's clearly a nutter, I read he got evicted for keeping hens inside his house....
They have someone they're questioning - that's not the same as "having the perp". And keeping hens in your house isn't illegal as far as I'm aware?He's clearly a nutter, I read he got evicted for keeping hens inside his house....
Sadly, innocent until proven guilty is a noble ideal which the average person has real trouble adhering to. If it wasn't so tragic for those wrongly accused some reactions to this sort of thing would be the stuff of Monty Python.
Oh, hang on, it is... BURN THE WITCH!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g
Edited by Variomatic on Thursday 4th October 13:54
Actus Reus said:
the Mum looked pretty distraught to me.
Strangely, I HEARD the mother's appeal before I SAW it on TV. On the radio, it's a grief-stricken, heart-rending sound. But when I watched her on TV yesterday evening, what struck me was the apparent lack of almost any facial emotion, even though I was listening to the same sound clip. She did seem to collapse in tears at the end but leant forward and covered her face.Could be just me (I'm certain that some of you will think that, I know which forum I'm logged on to!), could be just the mother's personality, could be the police gained something from it. We won't know for a while I guess.
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