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Max Clifford

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Anniebach Sun 10-Dec-17 12:27:50

Max has died in prison, heart attack

RIP

Friday Mon 11-Dec-17 15:53:50

Bah Humbug!

Anniebach Mon 11-Dec-17 15:33:41

Couldn't give a fig for majority views except I respect the fact that everyone still has the freedom to express their views, be they in the majority or minority , pity some cannot do the same

Friday Mon 11-Dec-17 15:09:14

Happily these sort of outdated opinions are not the majority view on here.

KatyK Mon 11-Dec-17 14:34:16

Before he was accused of anything, when I saw him on TV he always looked a bit 'creepy'. Yes I know, you can't judge a book by its cover but there was something about him. Just my opinion of course.

Anniebach Mon 11-Dec-17 14:24:34

And if they lie what reputation are their saving ?

Anniebach Mon 11-Dec-17 14:23:35

Save their own reputations? Like they did when one killed Ian Tomlinson and they said he had fallen, if that American had filmed the assault Mr Tomlinson would not have had any justice, was he of the Clifford type?

Ilovecheese Mon 11-Dec-17 14:18:01

The police might well close ranks to save their own reputation. They're not going to close ranks to save Max Clifford's.

Anniebach Mon 11-Dec-17 13:55:28

No humpty it's not what I think, I accept a juries verdict, I accept the sentence a judge hands down, I do not agree with a judge giving his verdict on a matter which has not been tried in a court, the police ? There are good officers but I have campaigned for so many years against miscarriages of justice that I am not able to accept the - all our police are wonderful claim, when they close ranks to cover up their deceit and many have done so .

maryeliza54 Mon 11-Dec-17 13:34:11

Why ask that question ab - you should look it up rather than post innuendos

Ilovecheese Mon 11-Dec-17 13:12:27

nightowl Me too

nightowl Mon 11-Dec-17 13:05:28

I really believed the attitudes to young girls and women being expressed on here had long been rejected amongst women of our generation. It saddens and shocks me that my contemporaries could still blame children and vulnerable women for their own abuse.

humptydumpty Mon 11-Dec-17 12:40:25

Annie if we all took your view there would be no justice in this country, if you can't trust police or judges or juries. Is that what you think?

Anniebach Mon 11-Dec-17 12:07:57

The abused must be upset by his death, they are claiming damages from him.

Bringing the youngsters from Rochdale into this is pointless, were those who claim they were abused by Clifford in care, on drugs ?

suzied Mon 11-Dec-17 11:52:44

So those girls in Rochdale who returned to their abusers were just asking for it? The fact that they been coerced, manipulated, plied with drink and drugs, money, were often under age and vulnerable makes it all their fault? I can't believe people stick up for a self confessed liar who boasted in his memoirs about how he used his fame/money to persuade young girls to have sex with him and blame the girls.

whitewave Mon 11-Dec-17 11:18:49

Just like Trump, his foul mouth ensured his guilt, as he boasted about what he had done to the girls.

eazybee Mon 11-Dec-17 10:39:26

He may have laughed out loud because the allegations were so preposterous. I don't know.
I think I remember that one teenage accuser said he had abused her during a car journey, and had continued to do so on the subsequent fifteen times she had voluntarily accompanied him. That made me suspicious, but as I said previously, I don't know if I remember it correctly.

Friday Mon 11-Dec-17 09:16:07

grin

Anniebach Mon 11-Dec-17 09:09:08

Yes he is dead, and he had been granted leave to appeal .

Christinefrance Mon 11-Dec-17 09:06:05

He has died now, I think he was guilty as sin.

Anniebach Mon 11-Dec-17 09:05:10

Does it Iam, like the Birmingham Six, Guildford Four , Cardiff Three and all the others ?

Friday Mon 11-Dec-17 08:48:48

When a jury has made its decision and the judge passes sentence it is normal for him or her to make observations on the case. I think one of the observations this judge made was that the sentence was a longer one because a Max Clifford, had actually laughed out loud when his accusers were giving evidence.

Iam64 Mon 11-Dec-17 08:46:50

A long trial in which the defendant is properly legally represented gives me confidence that the guilty verdict was correct. The Police who lied about Hillsborough are being brought to trial at last. If they're found guilty Annie, will you struggle to accept that verdict.

Anniebach Mon 11-Dec-17 08:43:57

Iam, showed no remorse has been said about other too, suppose a person is innocent, should they show remorse when they want to appeal?

Anniebach Mon 11-Dec-17 08:42:04

Ah yes the police, well it must all be true, just as the police all said the same thing about the Hillsborough victims. The allegations made by the police then certaintly said the same thing , I don't place a lot of faith in the police, and certaintly not a judge who declares his opinion on allegations in an open court.

Friday Mon 11-Dec-17 08:40:27

My reply was about cases in general BlueBelle