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Alex Salmond Trial Verdict

(241 Posts)
SueDonim Tue 24-Mar-20 14:06:26

Not guilty on twelve charges, not proven on one. So, he’s not a sex offender. His character, however, has been revealed as unsavoury, at a minimum, even his defence counsel said as much.

I hope no one ever votes for him again, if he should seek election. I stand with those nine (*nine!*) women.

ananimous Thu 26-Mar-20 15:27:33

I speak as I find

ananimous Thu 26-Mar-20 15:28:40

That P.I.E. (paedophile information exchange) talk on GN is worrying though, yeuuuuuuk!

ananimous Thu 26-Mar-20 15:30:38

Someone should look into Rufus - pie name in urban dictionary.

Anniebach Thu 26-Mar-20 15:31:26

Justice ! And there is no such thing as a corrupt police officer
either.

ananimous Thu 26-Mar-20 15:33:18

Anniebach

Did you see that thread it was awful

ananimous Thu 26-Mar-20 15:36:29

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Uncle%20Rufus

See.

SirChenjin Thu 26-Mar-20 15:45:43

Another example of a powerful man being found ‘not guilty’ of behaving appalling. I wonder at what point the hive mind will stop excusing these crimes as inappropriate behaviour from men as start treating them for what they are. You only have to look at the figures to know that unless the evidence is caught clearly on camera, there’s tens of witnesses or the woman has the broken bones to prove it then she has only the slimmest of chances of a successful prosecution. AS and the criminal justice system have come out of this exactly as history tells us they would.

Anniebach Thu 26-Mar-20 15:45:46

I didn’t ananimous

Jane10 Thu 26-Mar-20 15:48:06

His career won't recover from this. As I said, mud sticks and there's been buckets of it.

Grandad1943 Thu 26-Mar-20 15:51:13

Judging by your above unfounded slanderous one-line posts against untold numbers of men throughout Great Britain 1ananimous, I feel a great many of both genders would not wish to "get used to you". ?

Grandad1943 Thu 26-Mar-20 16:01:55

I cannot understand why so many are troubled and upset over this vedict. The standards of evidence were no different to that which sent Rose West to prison for so many years for the Gloucester "House of Horrors" murders.

Again justice was served and I believe she still remains in the slammer.

ananimous Thu 26-Mar-20 16:05:30

My how your reporting finger must be busy busy busy hahha

ananimous Thu 26-Mar-20 16:06:08

Yet here I am... grin (waving happily)

Grandad1943 Thu 26-Mar-20 16:11:39

Many people suffering from stress right now. It demonstrates itself in many different ways that are often unexpected.

Anniebach Thu 26-Mar-20 16:14:32

I assume the standards of evidence were no different to that
which sent Timothy Evans and Derek Bentley to the gallows
and put Stefan Kiszko in prison for 17 years and Stephen Downing jailed for 27 years , let’s not forget the Birmingham 6
Was justice served

Grandad1943 Thu 26-Mar-20 16:20:47

Exactly anniebach, you backup the very point I was making in my above post

Thank you

SueDonim Thu 26-Mar-20 16:27:52

I wouldn’t expect you to understand, Granddad43 as to why women are unhappy. I’ve never seen you show an iota of sympathy towards any issue concerning women. Your posts where women are concerned often remind me of Prof Higgins of My Fair Lady fame - Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man? www.reelclassics.com/Musicals/Fairlady/lyrics/fairlady-whycantawoman.htm

My daughter happens to use the same supermarket as the person in question. She practiced social distancing from him before it was a thing, due to his reputation.

The verdicts of not guilty/not proven have damned him with faint praise.

Grandad1943 Thu 26-Mar-20 16:40:23

Oh I see it now SueDonim. It should have been the customers of Alex Salmons local supermarket that were seconded in to decide his innocence or guilt with evidence drawn from the local rumour mill. ???

Anniebach Thu 26-Mar-20 16:52:52

grandad43. They were innocent, your point! in all this is
praise for the British justice system . I knew some of the mothers/sisters in the names I listed, they certaintly didn’t have faith in the British justice system,

Perhaps stressed ? Try meditation

Grandad1943 Thu 26-Mar-20 17:15:32

Anniebach, in regard to your post @16:52, you state you have no faith in the British justice system, what them would you have in its place, Annie?

For without such a system there is only anarchy?

Anniebach Thu 26-Mar-20 17:23:32

And you grandad43 praise it, no surprise given your opinion
that if those guilty of murdering 116 were prosecuted the fathers who worked in the pits should be prosecuted to.

Grandad1943 Thu 26-Mar-20 17:29:06

Anniebach your above post
??????

Anniebach Thu 26-Mar-20 17:31:25

Just repeating your views on justice grandad43

Grandad1943 Thu 26-Mar-20 17:35:39

Anniebach again ?????

janipat Thu 26-Mar-20 17:52:40

grandad After all, it has been a resounding victory for Salmon over his what now are proven to be wrongful accusers. No, no, no and again no!!!
Have you ever served on a jury? If you have you will know that (in England at least) if you are "not certain beyond a reasonable doubt" then you must acquit. Nothing in there saying the accusers were wrongful or lying otherwise they'd be able to be prosecuted for perjury. Do you believe that in all cases if a not guilty verdict is returned the victim was therefore a wrongful accuser? Even if it's a man? And why would the not proven verdict be irrelevant?