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Alex salmond found not guilty

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  1. Jerry lee

    Jerry lee Well-Known Member

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    Of all charges

    On Sky now makes a change from coronavirus news
     
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    Jerry lee, Mar 23, 2020
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    O'conner flood Well-Known Member

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    a bit fishy that mind
     
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  3. Jerry lee

    Jerry lee Well-Known Member

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    Nice to see social distance at work all them journalists crammed in like sardines
     
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  4. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    That's one school of thought ...
     
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    Smug in Boots, Mar 23, 2020
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  5. Somebodys pinched my sombrero

    Somebodys pinched my sombrero Well-Known Member

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    All of these dreadful fish puns might set a migraine off, or at least, a bad haddock.
     
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    Somebodys pinched my sombrero, Mar 23, 2020
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  6. Sunderpitt

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    Dreadful jury decision
     
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    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    I totally agree mate ...

    ... however.

    Women in political circles know what goes on and, like moths to a flame, sometimes get their wings burned.

    I believe he's guilty as hell and a very lucky man ...

    ... but powerful experienced women, who put themselves at risk, often find it hard to prove to a court that they were actually quite naive.
     
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  8. Kittenmittons

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    Never heard of any of these fish
     
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    Are you a bit hard of herring, you poor sole.
     
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    At least Alex Salmon is happy!
     
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    Rarely do politicians end up being found guilty.
    Listening to little bits during the trial I thought he's going down, God bless the jury system, some say.
     
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    What is it with Salmond and Macron... they both have effectively married their mothers...(now I love my dear old mum, but a younger man marrying a much older woman...their is definitely something fishy going on...and they are bound to some sort of perverts
     
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    Somebodys pinched my sombrero Well-Known Member

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    FFS <laugh>
     
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  14. rooch 3

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    Whats Fish Finger Sandwiches got to do with it.
     
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    rooch 3, Mar 23, 2020
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    A lot of people think he's a bit of a roach, it looked pretty bleak for him before the verdict. I wonder if Sturgeon helped him in any way?
     
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    The problem is many in the SNP wanted him sent down... this is going to rumble on.

    In court cases like this, the critical pivot is what evidence is admissible
     
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    Most of these type of trials are one persons word against another without any real evidence. You would imagine that a similar pattern of behaviour towards multiple women would be enough to convince a jury.

    The attempted rape is so much worse than everything else in his pattern though, but of it wasn't reported at the time, it's always going to be tough to prove.

    The one I don't understand though, and I hope I don't come across as crass with this, is the allegation of sexual assault in a nightclub by "touching her arms and hips with his hands over her clothing". I mean don't get me wrong, that is creepy old man type behaviour, but I don't understand how it is a sexual assault.
     
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    Far too much carping about this result.

    I expect that the Jury came up with the decision or porpoise.
     
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    Sounds as though he was set up like a right kipper.
     
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    Nine credible witnesses gave evidence against him and he is found not guilty.. Very strange..
     
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