Cliff Richard.

[tommy.irene]

I read it was about something that happened at a Christian Rally with a boy..

[tommy.irene]

90 rapists have escaped with a caution over last four years: Critics attack culture that lets serious criminals escape with a slap on the wrist Police issued 15,000 cautions for offences that would usually result in prison Includes 2,279 for sexual assault, 783 for robbery and 11,347 for burglary Six per cent of offenders given caution in 1971 compared to 20 per cent now Centre For Crime Prevention: ‘A caution is never acceptable for crimes like **bleep** or robbery' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2729348/90-rapists-escaped-caution-four-years-Critics-attack...

[bacouk.udgq0z4]

Even though he (Cliff) has not been arrested, he has already hired a well known lawer and flown him out to his villa in Portugal for a consultation meeting. So sir Cliff is already arming him self for the eventuality. Of course it is at his own expense as he has the resources. Only the best will do for sir cliff.

[saasher2012]

He would be bloomin silly if he didn't hire a lawyer & even if he has loads of money & a top defence lawyer it's not a foregone conclusion that it will do him any good IF any conclusive evidence is found, but a good lawyer will get him his rights if nothing comes of it, especially this very damaging leak that's come about!

[bacouk.udgq0z4]

From what I can gather the lawer he has hired is  top notch and the courts tremble at his name as he has a reputation for  getting  a case won or thrown out.  Anyay it would interesting to see if anything comes of it, whatever it might be.

[tommy.irene]

On of the reasons he wanted the Lawer was to get the Police for telling the BBC about the raid on his house.. and not telling him... as he heard it on the news..

[tommy.irene]

Police who raided Cliff might have broken law: Warning from lawyer... As Cilla backs star in sex claim battle Lawyer claims the raid of Sir Cliff Richard's home may have been illegal Police should have told court granting the warrant about deal with BBC Sir Cliff has withdrawn from next month's concert at Canterbury Cathedral Entertainer is yet to confirm when he will return from his Portugal villa By REBECCA CAMBER FOR THE DAhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2729290/Police-raided-Cliff-broken-law-Warning-lawyer-As-Cil....... 

.. The police raid on Sir Cliff Richard’s £3million home may have been illegal and could wreck any case against him, a senior lawyer warned yesterday. The row over the investigation deepened after the police were warned that any evidence they gathered against the 73-year-old may be struck out if it ever came to court. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2729290/Police-raided-Cliff-broken-law-Warning-lawyer-As-Cil...

[joe_bloggs*]

I think one of his biggest crimes was to music,I mean,c'mon, Mistletoe & Wine ?

[joe_bloggs*]

https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/docs/crimpr-part6-rule6-32app.pdf

Here's a search warrant,not sure if they would have to include tipping off the BBC on it

[bacouk.udgq0z4]

LOL! So thats it then. Case closed and cliffs off.  'Back to work. Now which concert are we doing'?

[j_uk643]

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@cee-dee wrote:

I think you forget that to some people with next to nothing, £10k is an absolute fortune but for others, it's peanuts.

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I think you forget that over a range of similar cases, a substantial number where claiming lesser offences, and consequently the figures would be even lower for any potential claim. Odd if money was the aim

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@bacouk.udgq0z4 wrote:

From what I can gather the lawer he has hired is  top notch and the courts tremble at his name as he has a reputation for  getting  a case won or thrown out.  Anyay it would interesting to see if anything comes of it, whatever it might be.

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The same lawyer defended Max Clifford, so any outcome is not a foregone conclusion.

[cee-dee]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28916746

[joe_bloggs*]

Some late news:

Officers tasked with investigating 73-year-old pop icon Sir Cliff Richard have removed several ‘inappropriate images’ during a house raid in Berkshire on Thursday, Thames Valley Police have revealed. It’s been reported that over fifty prospective images for a planned 2015 calendar were discovered on hard-drives and mobile phone devices during the dawn bust, some of which have already been classed as ‘Category A’ and ‘totally gross’.

‘Vulnerable and unloved middle-aged housewives up and down the country would not have stood a chance, had these images got out there’, stressed attending officer PC Briggs, who assisted the Thames Valley force. He continued: ‘It looks as though we arrived just at the right time. We found some sample recordings for a potential comeback album too. Now if they got out there, God only knows how many lives and Christmas Days would have been ruined – it’s just not worth thinking about’.

Sir Cliff, currently holidaying in Barbados, said: ‘These images were never intended to be released. They were for personal use only, and no harm was intended when they were taken. I’m more than happy to never take any again and just continue my usual form of abuse, namely audio abuse, which will continue as normal next year at Wimbledon, and in your car when you’re stuck in traffic and the radio won’t switch off.’

Sergeant Denis Cooper, who led the raid, said: ‘As you can imagine, some officers have been offered the best counselling available. They are trained for this sort of stuff, but there isn’t much that can prepare you for viewing an image of a shirtless Cliff Richard gyrating around a Christmas tree, which was just one of many unspeakably awful images we found in a folder labelled ‘December Collection’.’

He added: ‘One officer, who is a close friend of mine, was the first to view some of Cliff’s sample images for April 2015, crudely entitled ‘Hot Cross Buns’. I don’t know what it was that he saw, but he’s not spoken to anyone since. He was just two days away from retirement.’

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2014/08/16/raid-at-sir-cliff-richard’s-house-found-‘disturbing-calendar-i...

[rose2008-2008]

He wants to stop Gyrating around the Christmas Tree and showing his Hot Cross Buns,, LOL,, and not so much Mistletoe and Wine either!!