Anyone can go and sit in court, can't they?
I read the news today oh boy! Page 1,285
Quote: zooo @ August 29 2013, 8:44 PM BSTAnyone can go and sit in court, can't they?
Yep. Any criminal court in the country.
I love that. I must do that some day.
Actually I think I did do that for a few minutes on a tour through that fancy London one. But it was during such a boring section I've half forgotten it. Lovely room though.
Quote: zooo @ August 29 2013, 8:51 PM BSTI love that. I must do that some day.
Actually I think I did do that for a few minutes on a tour through that fancy London one. But it was during such a boring section I've half forgotten it. Lovely room though.
The Old Bailey?
The main part of the Bailey, which the public aren't usually admitted to (unless on tour) is absolutely gorgeous. Lots of beautiful murals with nice sayings above them:
"The law of the wise is a fountain of life"
"The welfare of the people is supreme"
"Right lives by law and law subsists by power"
"Poise the cause in justice's equal scales"
"Moses gave unto the people the laws of God"
"London shall have all its ancient rights"
I always make my clients look at them and appreciate them. Although occasionally they have other things on their mind.
I have Googled. It was the Royal Courts of Justice.
Also known as 'the one that was in Bridget Jones'.
Shall go to the Old Bailey next time!
Quote: Jennie @ August 29 2013, 8:55 PM BSTThe Old Bailey?
The main part of the Bailey, which the public aren't usually admitted to (unless on tour) is absolutely gorgeous. Lots of beautiful murals with nice sayings above them:
"The law of the wise is a fountain of life"
"The welfare of the people is supreme"
"Right lives by law and law subsists by power"
"Poise the cause in justice's equal scales"
"Moses gave unto the people the laws of God"
"London shall have all its ancient rights"
'No you can't keep the handcuffs for personal use'
Well, if you stopped asking, maybe they could finally take the sign down.
If you want to know what to do about a bloody nose David, ring NHS Direct
Quote: Jennie @ August 29 2013, 3:45 PM BSTMeanwhile, in the rest of the oh-so-sane world..
Poor girl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5tkXgw2OMY
and that was her big hit
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/497662/20130808/lee-choon-hong-north-korean-comedian-labour.htm
there's seems to be a vacancy at Pyongagn Jongleurs, should I go for it?
The best photo of him is the one looking as miserable as sin wearing Mickey Mouse ears.
http://weeklyworldnews.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/kimminniec.jpg?w=390&h=316
Talking about Mickey Mouse, what a glorious day.
Step aside Anthony Eden. I've been waiting for this moment for more than three years.
Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ August 29 2013, 4:11 PM BSTBut I'm not hearing of too many cases of Fred Bloggs being prosecuted for these offences. Perhaps they don't make the news.
That's a major problem with our sensationalist biased press, it doesn't give a true scale of real crimes at all, and can make the public think this is mainly an aging entertainer crime (when it isn't). Fred Bloggs may have committed more offences than Dave Lee Savile but he'll be tucked away on a tiny column on page 17, not all over the front page with pages of added rubbish about the celebrity's life and career. It's mucky/standard bread and butter tabloid journalism, take your pick.
I'm sure defence lawyers hate it though because a lot of hearsay rubbish is printed in a 'told you so' way and must make defending a genuinely innocent victim of revenge or jealousy, as one of these could be one day, almost impossible.
Quote: Jennie @ August 29 2013, 4:05 PM BSTOr they could be lying.
And this is a real problem for rape and abuse cases, is it not. Every time an alleged victim is proved to have lied through malice or whatever else, it makes it much harder for the hundreds of genuine cases that follow.
Quote: sootyj @ August 29 2013, 2:18 PM BSThttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usLDli3VKIw
is this for real?
Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ August 30 2013, 10:58 AM BSTAnd this is a real problem for rape and abuse cases, is it not. Every time an alleged victim is proved to have lied through malice or whatever else, it makes it much harder for the hundreds of genuine cases that follow.
Definitely.
But it doesn't actually happen as often as people think. I read somewhere recently that it counts for something like 0.01% of rape accusations. Whereas a lot of people assume it happens a good 5-10% of the time.
(Numbers could be totally wrong as they're from the addled memory of zooo.)
Britain. America. Special relationship my arse. It consists of Britain doing what America wants.
Keewik did you call your fox america? And yourself Britain?
Quote: keewik @ August 30 2013, 10:14 PM BSTBritain. America. Special relationship my arse. It consists of Britain doing what America wants.
"Thus last November, a group of British and Iraqi doctors petitioned the U.N. to investigate the alarming rise in birth defects at Fallujah's hospitals. 'Young women in Fallujah,' they wrote ... are terrified of having children because of the increasing number of babies born grotesquely deformed, with no heads, two heads, a single eye in their foreheads, scaly bodies or missing limbs. In addition, young children in Fallujah are now experiencing hideous cancers and leukemias"
The culprit? The United States of America
Dumping depleted uranium all over Iraq
These hypocritical shit stains have the nerve to lecture other countries?
"aww look at the poor kiddies in Syria, we won't stand for such nasty evil bullies"
F**k off
Bush and Blair did this: