Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring said: 'I accept that at the time of the offending you were of good character. '
*sigh* That outdated legal term again.
'The Crown has conceded you didn't put the pictures on WhatsApp against the public at large.' Mr Goldspring added the matters are 'very serious' and said at this stage he is not persuaded he can 'rule out custody'.
What, I wonder, would persuade him?
Two of Adil's colleagues reported to their superior officers that they had viewed images posted by Adil on his WhatsApp stories which caused them 'concern', the prosecution said.
Adil had 1,092 contacts on his WhatsApp at the time who would have been able to access the images for 24 hours, Ms Fitzpatrick said.
If the other 1090 were also police officers, this is a huge issue.
Adil was arrested on November 6 and had his mobile seized. He answered no comment to all questions during his interview.
Who says they don't learn anything from their job?
"The first image posted on October 31 had writing on it saying: 'Today is the time for the Palestinian people to rise, set their paths straight and establish an independent Palestinian state.'
ReplyDeleteDoesn't seem to me to be anything wrong with that. Perfectly reasonable political view shared by billions of people. And what if it is "a quote from the leader of Hamas's military wing, Mohammed Deif"? Hitler once said "I like dogs". Does that mean anyone who says they likes dogs is pro-Nazi?
"We will hold accountable all those who occupied our lands and Allah will hold accountable all those who remained silent against this occupation and oppression."
Once again, perfectly reasonable thing to say, especially if your country is occupied by a dominating military power. I seem to remember Churchill saying a similar kind of thing during World War Two.
--spiro
Just to compound his stupidity he turned up at court wearing a Palestinian scarf.
ReplyDeleteHe will feel right at home in prison as they tend to be run by his "brothers".
Jaded
"Doesn't seem to me to be anything wrong with that. "
ReplyDeleteWell, you're you, spiro. 🙄
"He will feel right at home in prison as they tend to be run by his "brothers"."
What happened to ordinary decent criminals?