I think that the debate on here has centred on similar issues, namely
Is there enough evidence to convict someone of something that is a very serious crime. That's certainly the element of the Evans case i've always found of interest. I think our justice system on the whole works very well and is probably the fairest in the world but certainly recent cases such as these historic sexual offences celebrity trials (and to a certain extent the Ched Evans trial) do, for me, throw up some interesting issues as to what level of evidence should be required to underpin a prosecution/conviction.
Re the helicopter trip, the report i read said he gave the driver the money for that on the morning he flew back to the UK after the murder. I suppose if it was a non-refundable deposit for that trip (as he claims) then he may just have felt he was doing the right thing by the taxi driver but it looks a bit dodgy especially the video footage where he ushers the guy to a private part of the hotel to do it. It IS evidence of sorts albeit its all dependent on the credibility of the taxi driver as a witness holding up and here it clearly didn't.
Posted By: Jim on December 8th 2014 at 14:23:42
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- It's hard to get locked up in South Africa (General Chat) - harry boulders, Dec 8, 11:20:20
- It might be suggested that (General Chat) - norway, Dec 8, 11:21:09
- TBF in this case, from what I've seen this is absolutely correct (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 8, 11:20:53
- The meetings with the taxi driver at the hotel were weird though (General Chat) - Jim, Dec 8, 12:22:00
- He isnt gay. (General Chat) - BigGrantHolt, Dec 8, 12:52:34
- I don't disagree with that (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 8, 12:43:41
- As with the discussions that have been had on here over the Ched Evans case (General Chat) - Jim, Dec 8, 12:51:04
- Not sure that's true is it? (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 8, 13:38:41
- I think that the debate on here has centred on similar issues, namely (General Chat) - Jim, Dec 8, 14:23:42
- have you discussed these matters with your fellow corridor-dwellers? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 8, 14:39:58
- I think that the debate on here has centred on similar issues, namely (General Chat) - Jim, Dec 8, 14:23:42
- The state have had four years to build a case (General Chat) - norway, Dec 8, 13:17:00
- It may not be proof but it is (circumstantial) evidence and had the taxi driver (General Chat) - Jim, Dec 8, 14:28:56
- It's much more than circumstantial (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 8, 14:35:00
- It may not be proof but it is (circumstantial) evidence and had the taxi driver (General Chat) - Jim, Dec 8, 14:28:56
- Not sure that's true is it? (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 8, 13:38:41
- As with the discussions that have been had on here over the Ched Evans case (General Chat) - Jim, Dec 8, 12:51:04
- That it be thrown out, I mean (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 8, 11:21:04
- I read an article somewhere about it (General Chat) - norway, Dec 8, 11:22:08
- In some ways, it might have been better for him if the trial had been heard (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 8, 11:26:58
- I read an article somewhere about it (General Chat) - norway, Dec 8, 11:22:08
- The meetings with the taxi driver at the hotel were weird though (General Chat) - Jim, Dec 8, 12:22:00
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