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I was an avid researcher from the start. I've posted many times on CCMB about the case. Looks like this conspiracy theory has been proved correct. The woman consented to sex - there is no doubt about that. Her sexual history is allegedly one of gang bangs in the hotels of north Wales, often involving multiple sportsmen. She tweeted about "when I win big" and so on. I've seen the social justice warriors and feminazis take over Plaid Cymru and my opinion is that they're a bunch of *****. I know Leanne Wood pretty well too and her attitude on this matter stinks.
At the end of the day people don't need to apologise because he was found guilty, but now he has been found innocent they need to change their opinion on him. Personally I always thought he was innocent good on him, Slade sign him up lol
What if they send him down again after retrial lol
Surely he will be in for a large compensation package after this?
Excellent news. You only had to read the details of the case to realise he was stitched up. His behaviour was not particularly edifying, but rape it most definitely was not. The sad thing is he's lost 3 prime years of of a career that critically demands youth and fitness. I trust the baying mob is suitably red faced.
The need to prove guilt is a fundamental pillar of British law. you cannot say someone is a rapist until they are proved innocent or every male in the country would be one. Everyone is presumed innocent until found guilty by a Jury of his peers. In this case a dodgy verdict has been overturned by an appeal court. Until the retrial takes place he is innocent.
I think the appeal court justices went for a retrial so that with the new evidence he can be formally acquitted. If the CPS goes to retrial and says it has no new prosecution evidence then the 'Innocent" verdict will be a formality to clear his name.
Until that happens (or not) you cannot say anyone is an 'Un-convicted' anything. You are talking bollox.
The only 2 offences I know of where you need to prove your innocence are Vagrancy and carrying an offensive weapon. The former of these 2 charges is about 800 years old and is one of the oldest statute laws in England and Wales
This is spot on!
Also it is very difficult to get a guilty verdict overturned. Once overturned, the CPS must look at the new evidence provided and decide whether or not they have a more than 50% chance of getting a guilty verdict and thus risk huge sums of public money a new court case would cost. Bearing in mind that a court of appeal (3 senior judges) have already decided that the new evidence provided is enough to quash the first verdict.
if it goes to retrial, what judge is going to look at the new evidence and not throw it out? his superior appeal court judges have already decided it makes the first verdict unsafe hence its going to be a brave judge to go against a superior courts opinion regarding evidence