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Reply | Buy to Let on the Wane
at 10:16 23 Nov 2024
Fair does.
Your views are off the wall sometimes (?) but that is an excellent gesture to two young families.
Many landlords would charge the earth regardless  |
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Reply | Thomas Cashman .Appeal
at 23:59 22 Nov 2024
I can only imagine the barrister manages it thus:
The system allows this murderer to appeal.
Using public money.
The upside is that the fact that it is possible for such a career criminal to appeal also means that I am able to represent those wrongly convicted who have no financial means themselves to get legal representation.
So whilst I may not be happy representing this criminal, it at least means I can fight for those I believe were wrongly convicted.
Also whilst I might be representing this career criminal today, at least next time I may be helping to prosecute someone charged with an equally serious crime. |
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Reply | Thomas Cashman .Appeal
at 23:40 21 Nov 2024
I am not for one minute suggesting this lowlife doesn't deserve to rot in jail until his dying day.
All I am stating is the law is the law and everyone has a right for it to be applied fairly.
Defending lawyers and QCs can only act on the information supplied to them by the CPS and the accused.
If I told my lawyer I was guilty of a crime, they can only then look to present any mitigating circles. They could not try to suggest I hadn't done it.
However if I pleaded my innocence, then it is their job to do their best to present the evidence to back up my case.
Both sides ( we trust ) work within the framework that the British justice system sets out.
Unlike us members of the public who see all the details of a case virtually from the moment the crime happens and make an instant decision based on whatever we see, read or hear on TV, newspapers, radio or more often now through social media, the courts amd those within them reach a verdict purely on the evidence presented before them.
Innocent until proven guilty is still the maxim we should all live by and the defence lawyers are there to play their part and ensure that is adhered to.
They have to set aside their own personal feelings about the accused and the case.
Otherwise where would any of us be ?
So there is no moral dilemma.
It would be equally easy to say why do the police not arrest all the people who we witness openly breaking the law daily ( dealing drugs, causing mayhem and violence, being drunk and disorderly etc ).
However, as with the courts, we expect them to do their jobs fairly and with a balanced attitude |
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Reply | The Indy on BlueSky 👍
at 23:09 21 Nov 2024
Agree.
I sign up for some things and instantly forget my sign in details
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Reply | Buy to Let on the Wane
at 21:40 20 Nov 2024
The latter part shows the vicious circle some are in.
You need an address to register with Jobseekers club, you cannot get or look for a job as you have no address
Plus you cannot (as I used to in my thankfully brief times of looking for work ) just walk in and look.at the board and say " I'll give that a go"
Nowadays you have to attend several meetings then sign a contract agreeing you will apply for endless jobs you do not want and will not get in the hope that you get the job you actually want ( and some money in the meantime)
The last time I became unemployed was a shock to me as I was told to do all of the above and attend clubs to show me how to apply for jobs ( which I had already perfected long before )
I didn't re attend the Job Centre ( or whatever it was called ), claimed no money, used a sizeable chunk of my late wife and my savings and got a job under my own steam
I feel sorry for those who genuinely want to work as it is not made easy for them. |
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Reply | Thomas Cashman .Appeal
at 21:20 20 Nov 2024
Rightly or wrongly (given the fact that a poor innocent girl died) he is appealing against the fact that the judge placed too much emphasis on his previous bad character, his lack of remorse and his failure to appear for sentencing.
Whilst to you and me the first is not good and the second and third are deplorable, they are not in themselves reasons to sentence him to a longer than normal sentence.
Whilst he clearly went with the intent to kill, it appears he never actually intended to kill the little girl.
The fact that he did is deplorable and all his actions are something you and I can never understand.
However the judge is different and should ensure the case is judged on it's merit, not on passion.
All that being said, I hope he rots in jail until his dying day and lives a long life to make sure of it
Law allowing of course |
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Reply | Thomas Cashman .Appeal
at 20:57 20 Nov 2024
The prosecution has a KC so it is his right to have a person of equal stature represent him.
Human rights have come on a long way since the Victorian times, or even since the miner's strikes of the '80's.
Persuade you should bring your views up to date to match ?
You need |
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Reply | Would you go all out for Conner Roberts free in the summer?
at 20:50 20 Nov 2024
Connor is 29
Kyle Walker is 34
If Connor should be drawing his football pension and hobbling making furniture on the side, then Kyle Walker should be in the nursing home for old players, rather than outpacing many other players in the EPL !
Connor has a good few years left in him yet and would be an excellent signing |
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Reply | New Owners - Patience Needed
at 20:41 20 Nov 2024
I forgot it is almost that time of year again
Hopefully see a lot over the next few weeks to persuade us to renew |
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Reply | Buy to Let on the Wane
at 20:37 20 Nov 2024
I put up two young people in my house for a short time earlier this year in order to give them a boost and enable them to find work.
The lack of respect they treated my home with (their bedroom and leaving piles of dishes etc ) and staying in bed until all hours, made me glad I didn't rent out my property to their kind.
They have returned home to one of the young person's parental home and that lack of respect has been replicated.
Also their lack of willingness to look for a job shocks me.
I do not believe all youngsters are like this for one minute, but it was an eye-opener for sure |
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Reply | Swansea. V Leeds Ticket Update
at 20:24 20 Nov 2024
Agree.
Even ST holders like myself are hard pushed to go most games.
Trouble is even when the team starts doing a little better, the overhaul feeling of one step forward two steps back that the owners have forced us to endure the past 8 years or so takes the enthusiasm out of attending.
Hopefully once the Yanks are gone we will see a change in momentum and with it attendance |
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Reply | Buy to Let on the Wane
at 09:32 12 Nov 2024
Very sad and cynical view of people you have.
Just starting to get very cold and you suggest people go live in a tent ? |
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Reply | Until I kill you
at 09:24 12 Nov 2024
There is no moral dilemma.
A barrister, lawyer, whatever, is like a doctor.
They take on their role to do their best for their client whether that be the CPS or the accused.
Our legal system has many faults but is probably still the best in the world.
Look at that crackpot country US or many countries where a fair trial is just a pipe dream |
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Reply | Buy to Let on the Wane
at 02:04 12 Nov 2024
Same here.
My parents rented all their married lives.
Treated the property as if it were their own.
I think the majority of people still do.
Sadly a large minority dont respect other people's property, which probably reflects the change in our society |
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Reply | Fireworks fortnight
at 01:23 12 Nov 2024
Haven't got the power to dictate to anyone sonny.
But certainly have the right to answer a self centred loudmouth like you.
Be interesting to meet up one day.
I imagine you as the typical keyboard warrior who wouldn't say boo to a ghost in reality |
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Reply | Darling and Cabango
at 01:18 12 Nov 2024
100% agree.
Best site especially since admin got rid of certain posters.
Need stronger admin at times, but definitely best by a country mile |
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