Eight found not guilty over birmingham riot deaths...
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bbc said:
Eight men have been found not guilty of the murder of three men during last summer's riots in Birmingham.
Haroon Jahan, 20, and brothers Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31, died on 10 August after being hit by a car on Dudley Road in Winson Green.
All eight defendants denied they planned to kill the men in a co-ordinated attack using three cars and said the deaths were an accident.
Judge Mr Justice Flaux appealed for calm on the streets of Birmingham.
The judge had questioned the reliability of the evidence given in court by Detective Chief Inspector Anthony Tagg, the senior investigating officer.
I think the proverbial will be hitting the fan soon. Haroon Jahan, 20, and brothers Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31, died on 10 August after being hit by a car on Dudley Road in Winson Green.
All eight defendants denied they planned to kill the men in a co-ordinated attack using three cars and said the deaths were an accident.
Judge Mr Justice Flaux appealed for calm on the streets of Birmingham.
The judge had questioned the reliability of the evidence given in court by Detective Chief Inspector Anthony Tagg, the senior investigating officer.
There's going to be some questions asked of the CPS and the police after this
http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-n...
Edited by MadMullah on Thursday 19th July 18:35
seems like we have another police cock up in store to come
bbc said:
The judge Mr Justice Flaux rejected an earlier application to dismiss the trial over the non-disclosure of evidence by the prosecution.
Defence counsel argued there could not be a fair trial because an offer of immunity to eye-witnesses was not revealed by the prosecution until the latter stages of the proceedings.
Mr Tagg had been judged to have lied on oath to the judge during a hearing held in their absence to establish why the issue of immunity was not disclosed, the jury was told.
In a submission to the judge, defence barrister Michael Turner said of Mr Tagg: "He came to court and on any view lied pretty extensively about what he had said to counsel."
Mr Justice Flaux told the court: "Mr Tagg realised he was seriously at fault for having failed to inform (prosecution counsel) and also for having failed to ensure that this material was disclosed to the defence.
"In effect he invented this story and then repeated that invention in the witness box."
The judge decided a fair trial could still take place, but said he found some of Det Ch Insp Tagg's evidence unreliable.
Defence counsel argued there could not be a fair trial because an offer of immunity to eye-witnesses was not revealed by the prosecution until the latter stages of the proceedings.
Mr Tagg had been judged to have lied on oath to the judge during a hearing held in their absence to establish why the issue of immunity was not disclosed, the jury was told.
In a submission to the judge, defence barrister Michael Turner said of Mr Tagg: "He came to court and on any view lied pretty extensively about what he had said to counsel."
Mr Justice Flaux told the court: "Mr Tagg realised he was seriously at fault for having failed to inform (prosecution counsel) and also for having failed to ensure that this material was disclosed to the defence.
"In effect he invented this story and then repeated that invention in the witness box."
The judge decided a fair trial could still take place, but said he found some of Det Ch Insp Tagg's evidence unreliable.
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