04-09-2013 10:41 PM
This is the video that will make most parents squirm.
It's what happened when a man (vetted and given the job) tried to entice single boys and girls out of a Park or Swing area away from their parents. If you didn't see it earlier today on the News, take note and pass it on to all parents and other folk with responsibility over kids.
11-09-2013 3:59 PM
The morning after the night before: Cleared Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell steps out in his dressing gown after celebrating end of child rape trial ordeal
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2417290/Michael-Le-Vell-cleared-Coronation-Street-star-steps...
11-09-2013 4:03 PM
He did not come out of this sorry episode smelling of roses. In fact, we not know he is an alcoholic and a cheater on his ex wife ..
11-09-2013 4:08 PM - edited 11-09-2013 4:08 PM
Yes Tommy, dead right and it makes you wonder if...........?????
It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.
11-09-2013 4:30 PM
@ronnybabes wrote:
@upthecreekyetagain wrote:Ronny - it was an awful post - compounded by your reply that doesn't address the assertion you made in your earlier post and the reason why I said it was anawful post.
I believe that it does.
You posted, and I quote - "I suspect the "Compensation" lure, plus lucrative money for the spin offs of the poor "victim" story, which would have most certainly been paid by the Media, and Press, is what enticed the unnamed person to pursue false allegations agasinst Michael Turner. (Kevin Webster of Coronation Street)"
You have not one iota of evidence to backup either the statement that her allegations were false nor if they were what her motives were.
The 2 key words there are: "I suspect". Of course I have no evidence, just as you do not have any either. We are in a debate and form opinions on what we have heard, what we surmise, and how we think.
You used the word "suspect in relation to a possible motive but assert the girl lied. She has not been formally accused of any offence let alone having been found guilty of one so is as innocent as Michael Levell of any offence
Further you now claim, "Michael Turner is innocent of all charges, but even now, by not recognising this fact, you are doing him an injustice" - again without any justification!
Michael Turner is innocent of all charges, and therefore someone lied. It's hardly rocket science.
WRONG!
I have never said nor implied that I believe him to be guilty - in fact the reverse - he has been found not guilty of all the charges and is therefore innocent - in exactly the same way that the girl has not been found guilty of lying and is therefore also innocent until proven guilty - something you seem unable to accept.
You are completely correct.
I do not accept that concept. Michael Turner is innocent, therefore the girl lied. Simples.
Again WRONG - totally false logic - the girl was NOT ON TRIAL - Michael LeVell was
As hypotheticals seem to be the order of the day let me put one forward - the girl made the same complaints but the police decided she was lying and charged her with attempting to pervert the course of justice - in court she made the allegations and Michael LeVell denied them - one persons word against another - the jury decide that it hadn't been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that she had lied and she was therefore found not guilty - would you extrapolate from that the guilt of Michael LeVell? - If you did then you would be making the same mistake as you are in this case by saying categorically that the girl lied!
Exactly same case with a twist, but you are putting a different verdict in your hypothesis.
Exactly same case with a twist, the Jury would find her guilty.
Or else what on earth is the point of a Trial by Jury.
The likelihood is that she would be found not guilty - the whole point of a trial by jury is that it is the defendant that is being tried NOT the witnesses. There is no evidence she lied, likewise there is no evidence she didn't - certainly not to a level of beyond reasonable doubt.
Is it that difficult to understand that where it is one person's word against another's that it is impossible to judge what actually happened and that consequently should both individuals be tried separately in a court of law that neither would be found guilty of any offence and both would therefore be innocent.
What was wrong in this case in my opinion is that it ever got to court.
11-09-2013 4:36 PM
@blackburn_stevie wrote:Creeky ..... Please note. I did not say, nor did I imply, that the young girl had told an untruth. What I actually wrote was "What other option is there but to think the girl is telling porkies?"
I stand by that comment and nothing posted on this thread so far has made me consider a change of opinion on that score.
Maybe she lied on purpose with an eye on compensation. Maybe she expanded what she thought had happened on the days in question. I don't know the answer. All that I know for sure is that Michael Levell (sp) will come out of all this a lot worse off than the young girl will and just who do we blame for that?
Lastly, where is the fairness in that?
The other option is that she wasn't lying
The jury did not find that she was lying but could not find that she was telling the truth beyond a reasonable doubt.
Therefore Michael LeVell IS innocent as is the girl innocent of lying unless and until she is found guilty by a jury of her peers of committing an offence by lying.
Let's assume for one minute she has lied - how could you prove it? If you can't prove it then she is innocent.
11-09-2013 5:15 PM
Yes, should never have got to Court.
See #19?
It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.
11-09-2013 6:41 PM
Of course it should never have gone to Court.
It did, but I make the assumption quite openly that had "Compensation" not been a factor, then it never would have.
11-09-2013 6:45 PM - edited 11-09-2013 6:46 PM
@auntieannie44 wrote:Whilst I understand the argument that the accused is not guilty until the prosecution gives the jury enough evidence to convict, and if they don't, then a not guilty verdict has to be given. In many cases there are serious difficulties with either of these scenarios and, in that case I feel the Scottish verdict of Not Proven is invaluable. This simply states that the prosecution has not made a good enough case to acquit but there are serious problems with a not guilty verdict. This way everyone leaves court without being branded a liar or a pervert. Each side can (within reason) hold their heads up.
I disagree.
Not proven, does no one any favours, and a reputation can be even more tarnished then it was before.
11-09-2013 6:55 PM
Good post on the f word blog:
http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/09/not_guilty_does_not_mean_liar
"Not guilty" does not mean she lied
11-09-2013 6:57 PM
@upthecreekyetagain wrote:
Is it that difficult to understand that where it is one person's word against another's that it is impossible to judge what actually happened and that consequently should both individuals be tried separately in a court of law that neither would be found guilty of any offence and both would therefore be innocent.
What was wrong in this case in my opinion is that it ever got to court.
We both agree on your very last salient point.
We are never going to agree on the rest of your hypothesis. So I wil respectfully leave you to your own opinions.
You are allowed to be wrong sometimes though, and yes, that goes for me too, but on this subject, the people taking part in the discussion seem to mostly agree with me.
11-09-2013 7:06 PM
@joe_bloggs* wrote:Good post on the f word blog:
http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/09/not_guilty_does_not_mean_liar
"Not guilty" does not mean she lied
That blog is completely out of order, and suggests that even when someone is found innocent, they are still guilty, simply because the allegation was made.
Shame on it!!
11-09-2013 8:35 PM
As as said before... It was because he was well known on TV that got the papers in .. mr nobody wouldnt have got a mention.
11-09-2013 9:08 PM
Should be an interesting program on channel 4 dispatches tommorrow night 11.05
"The Paedophile MP: How Cyril Smith Got Away with It"
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/episode-guide
speaking to victims, police officers and colleagues, and unearths previously hidden investigation files to reveal why Smith's crimes were ignored and how one of Britain's most famous politicians was protected by the establishment.
I wonder what chance there is on ever seeing a programme about a living VIP?
11-09-2013 10:25 PM
Meanwhile there's this:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-24048732
So, the Chief Crown Prosecutor for the North West decided not to charge but was overruled by the Principal Legal adviser to the Director of Public Prosecutions for England?
Years back the old way was "Oh, we'll put it to a Jury and let them decide, we've nothing to lose". We're seeing a return to that are we?
It's life Jim, but not as WE know it.
Live long and prosper.
11-09-2013 11:14 PM
@ronnybabes wrote:
@joe_bloggs* wrote:Good post on the f word blog:
http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/09/not_guilty_does_not_mean_liar
"Not guilty" does not mean she lied
That blog is completely out of order, and suggests that even when someone is found innocent, they are still guilty, simply because the allegation was made.
Shame on it!!
Not one iota different to what your posts have done this whole thread - the difference is you have been explicit in saying the girl lied and she did so for monetary gain.
A gross libel!
12-09-2013 6:53 AM
MI5 and Special Branch 'covered up Cyril Smith's abuse of boys': Police dossier handed to prosecutors in 1970 'went missing for four decades'
PUBLISHED: 23:50 GMT, 11 September 2013 | UPDATED: 23:50 GMT, 11 September 2013
Fresh evidence that MI5 and Special Branch covered up Sir Cyril Smith’s abuse of children has been found in a police dossier.
The file, which accuses the Liberal Democrat MP of ‘a sordid series of indecent episodes with young boys’, was handed to prosecutors in 1970 but then went missing for more than four decades.
It was discovered by a team of investigators from Channel 4’s Dispatches.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2418254/MI5-Special-Branch-covered-Cyril-Smiths-abuse-boys-P...
14-09-2013 1:59 PM
@upthecreekyetagain wrote:
@ronnybabes wrote:
@joe_bloggs* wrote:Good post on the f word blog:
http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/09/not_guilty_does_not_mean_liar
"Not guilty" does not mean she lied
That blog is completely out of order, and suggests that even when someone is found innocent, they are still guilty, simply because the allegation was made.
Shame on it!!
Not one iota different to what your posts have done this whole thread - the difference is you have been explicit in saying the girl lied and she did so for monetary gain.
A gross libel!
Yes I have implied that.
At least I do not sit on the fence.
At least I don't say thatI accept Michael Turner's innocence, yet I do not accept the girl/woman lied.
At least I don't say that thegirl/woman was telling the truth, but I accept Michael Turner's innocence.
If I did, then I would consider myself hypocritical.
Either the girl/womanl lied, or Michael Turner is guilty.
The verdict: Michael Turner was found innocent of all charges.
Ergo false accusations, ergo the girl/woman lied.
If not for monetary gain, then for what?
One thing we all agree on - The Case should not have come to Court.
15-09-2013 1:43 AM
Last year there were 2,910 individuals prosecuted for rape - 1,840 were found not guilty and are therefore innocent - no problem with that
but . . . . .
. . . according to Ronny that means that at least 1,840 people were guilty of perverting the course of justice or at least wasting police time - yet just 35 were prosecuted for either offence!
Of course by Ronny's logic there is no need for a court case to find them guilty - the presumption of innocence can't possibly apply and they should all just be declared guilty
15-09-2013 5:06 AM
upthecreekyetagain wrote......What the jury didn't decide was that the girl was lying - unless and until either the CPS brings a charge of perjury or perververting the course of justice AND she is found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt then she equally is innocent of any wrong doing..............Quote... the jury though the girl was lieing ..thats why he got of....if they had of believed her he would be in jail now..
15-09-2013 9:11 AM
@tommy.irene wrote:upthecreekyetagain wrote......What the jury didn't decide was that the girl was lying - unless and until either the CPS brings a charge of perjury or perververting the course of justice AND she is found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt then she equally is innocent of any wrong doing..............Quote... the jury though the girl was lieing ..thats why he got of....if they had of believed her he would be in jail now..
What the jury decided was that they couldn't be sure beyond a reasonable doubt that the girl was telling the truth
What they did NOT decide was that they were sure beyond a reasonable doubt that the girl was lying
How difficult is it to see the difference? Obviously VERY for some!