I tend not to jump to conclusions, I like to look at all the evidence and then make an an informed judgement and I know all the evidence is not in in this case,
But it is hard not to rush to judgement in the current climate of petty fogging bureaucracy and tainted justice today. (ref also: previous post)
In 2008 a man named Paul Clarke (26) of Wood Street, Merstham
Is found Not Guilty of assaulting a member of the Stasi / sorry DVLA after finding him suspiciously checking out vehicles in his street.
Man accused of attacking DVLA inspector with broom walks free
FLASH FORWARD 2009
In 2009 a man named Paul Clarke (now 27) now of Nailsworth Crescent, Merstham, ( I guess he didn’t move far).
Is found Guilty of possession of a firearm he found in his back garden, that he subsequently handed into the police and faces 5 years in prison.
Ex-soldier faces jail for handing in gun
I don’t think it’s coincidence.
I don’t think he was ‘fitted up’. But once he was in the system. I’m sure TPTB decided he would be an example ‘pour encourage les autres’ and the full weight of Their Law would be applied.
I hope the change is coming, but my word, it won’t be pretty.
"I don’t think it’s coincidence."
ReplyDeleteIn the initial arrest? No doubt!
But getting the CPS and judge to go along with it? That's scary...
Unless DVLA Tax disc inspectors are now considered part of 'The Thin Blue Line' and an assault on one is considered an assault on all and must be revenged.
ReplyDeleteThe judge had a point in a rather may-contain-nuts-on-a-packet-of-peanuts way. Hopefully he will now show some common sense. Unless there's more to this than meets the eye, the police acted like complete arses in bringing this into the judicial system in the first place.
ReplyDeleteQuite recently Jack Straw was asked in the Commons about sentencing for gun crime, and his reply with the relevant data is online. Only about half of those convicted receive the 'mandatory' minimum of five years, so judges clearly do have discretion.
Here's hoping the judge just lets him off, preferably with an apology or compensation.
I don’t think he was ‘fitted up’. But once he was in the system. I’m sure TPTB decided he would be an example ‘pour encourage les autres’ and the full weight of Their Law would be applied.
ReplyDeleteThis is why we need to pressure the bastards in parliament to commit to repealing this guff.