Hyde Park bomber. got off on a technicality!!! (1 Viewer)

[Martin Tabony]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-26345083


Gutted!!!

Martin

 

[Louis Badolato]

Wow! That is stunning!

 

[GICOP]

Well out of order


Martyn

 

[Jack]

Do British soldiers charged while on service in Ireland or while operating against the IRA get a free pass or is it just terrorists?

 

[Mitch]

I think we have to thank Tony Blair and his bunch of clowns for this charade that has allowed lots of these decisions to happen.

In relation to brutish troops I think Trooper Clegg is probably the most high profile case of a system rather seemingly, or seemingly to many of justice for one and not all
Mitch

 

[jazzeum]

This (giving a guarantee not to prosecute) is not a concept known in American jurisprudence but if it is an accepted practice or law in British jurisprudence I'm not sure what other recourse the Government may have had, as regrettable as it may be.

 

[theBaron]

This (giving a guarantee not to prosecute) is not a concept known in American jurisprudence but if it is an accepted practice or law in British jurisprudence I'm not sure what other recourse the Government may have had, as regrettable as it may be.

Isn't it akin to giving a suspect a deal, though, in return for cooperating in an investigation, for example, or pleading to a lesser charge to save prosecutors from trying to convict on a more serious charge?

Prost!
Brad

 

[jazzeum]

Brad,

It may be, I'm not sure, not knowing much about British law. What I was able to find was that it was part of a 1998 agreement between the British government and the IRA and the suspect was able to take advantage of it even though he committed his crimes back in 1982.

Brad

 

[theBaron]

Thanks, Brad! It's an interesting question, in the context of the history, the development, of our legal system, since splitting from the British.

Prost!
Brad