tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post4797023258133024274..comments2024-03-29T11:13:00.338+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Yet Another One Of Those 'Rarities'...JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-26307749793271012652008-08-26T06:40:00.000+01:002008-08-26T06:40:00.000+01:00They were. Now, it seems, they just go through the...They <I>were</I>. Now, it seems, they just go through the motions. <BR/><BR/>And I always thought that was the job of Customs officers! ;DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-6817997848466501632008-08-25T16:42:00.000+01:002008-08-25T16:42:00.000+01:00A criminal "attempt" carries the same sentence as ...A criminal "attempt" carries the same sentence as the commission of the crime itself would carry. Surely a false accusation should be the same?<BR/><BR/>I am quite surprised, though, that no attempt was made to verify whether a crime had actually taken place. Aren't the police supposed to "investigate" rather than "prosecute"?Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-8406897768860185022008-08-25T11:52:00.000+01:002008-08-25T11:52:00.000+01:00"Without that little detail I think we can be conf...<I>"Without that little detail I think we can be confident that Maidstone Police/CPS would have done its duty and subjected to the full monty of a Crown Court trial."</I><BR/><BR/>I think you're right...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-37760606199153649562008-08-25T11:35:00.000+01:002008-08-25T11:35:00.000+01:00juliamUnfortunately the first step in a police inv...juliam<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately the first step in a police investigation these days is (almost) always the arrest of the alleged perp. No amount of easily obtainable evidence of the <I>bona fides</I> of the alleged perp (eg stable job, homeowner, no criminal record) is allowed to interfere: knock on the door, on with the handcuffs, into the police car, off to the nick, DNA/fingerprints taken, into the cells and wait for the solicitor. After 5 hours or so (or overnight if the police are particularly obdurate) out on police bail.<BR/><BR/>Mr Kali is lucky - the satnav was proof positive that he couldn't have been the perp. Without that little detail I think we can be confident that Maidstone Police/CPS would have done its duty and subjected to the full monty of a Crown Court trial.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-42536492251810295462008-08-25T10:39:00.000+01:002008-08-25T10:39:00.000+01:00Needless torment too - a quick investigation of th...Needless torment too - a quick investigation of the satnav details, a check of the fact that she'd previously been barred from the cab firm and racially abused Mr Kali and they wouldn't have <I>needed</I> to arrest him at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-88817029547359377832008-08-25T07:59:00.000+01:002008-08-25T07:59:00.000+01:00Eight months! What sentence would he have recieved...Eight months! What sentence would he have recieved had this charade palyed out? 5 years?<BR/><BR/>That seems an appropriate sentence for her given the 20 months of torment this man and his family have been through.Simon Fawthrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519464855839416009noreply@blogger.com