FAO Legal Wrathers - Interested in your views on the Worboys JR verdict

On the one hand i'm not at all unhappy that this man is still behind bars and seems to be another example of the judges "finding a way" to get the outcome they plainly thought was right but have to say I don't really like the precedent that it sets which (however they may dress it up with talk of making further inquiries etc) appears to me to be that a parole board should consider information about/the existence of alleged offences for which the accused has not been convicted or even prosecuted. Its a long time since I had to look at any criminal law but that doesn't sit right with me. How can you "consider" it without assuming a degree of guilt unless you say "i've considered this but there was no evidence of guilt so I've disregarded it" which seems an entirely false exercise.

It will be interesting to see if he appeals.

Interesting also to see that Khan was predictably found to have no standing to bring his claim although he and the victims were running the same arguments anyway so it didn't matter.

Posted By: Jim, Mar 28, 15:17:50