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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Full text of the DCMS letter now online
And for those who are interested in such things, please go to the excellent wikileaks website, which can be found here.
Something completely different, anon-prosser: is it possible to challenge a fitness to plead application? I'm thinking of this story, Handler may be let off ....
For the prosection to challenge it? Of course. The court decides the issue having heard the evidence -- the Crown is entitled to demonstrate that the person is fit to plead. It's quite a high threshold to cross, and I've seen some very disturbed people being declared fit to plead.
Whether or not the Crown will challenge it in this case remains to be seen.
I tend not to leave a ton of comments, but i did some searching and wound up here "Full text of the DCMS letter now online". And I do have a couple of questions for you if you tend not to mind.
Could it be only me or does it look like a few of the comments look as if they are coming from brain dead people?
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I am a lawyer employed by the CPS, somewhere within a large metropolis. I wish to enlighten my fellow citizens about how their hard-earned money is spent in my particular corner of the criminal justice system. I want to do this in a relatively light-hearted way, as humour is an excellent coping mechanism. And more to the point, if you didn't laugh, you'd cry. Please do email me: theanonymousprosecutor AT gmail.com. All contents are copyright.
Something completely different, anon-prosser: is it possible to challenge a fitness to plead application? I'm thinking of this story, Handler may be let off ....
ReplyDeleteFor the prosection to challenge it? Of course. The court decides the issue having heard the evidence -- the Crown is entitled to demonstrate that the person is fit to plead. It's quite a high threshold to cross, and I've seen some very disturbed people being declared fit to plead.
ReplyDeleteWhether or not the Crown will challenge it in this case remains to be seen.
It is the RSPCA who are prosecuting.
ReplyDeleteI was expecting them to accept a caution and the whole thing to be swept under the carpet.
As to not challenging. The next court appearance is within three weeks.
Thanks for the reply - I thought that you may have been huffed at my mode of address.
I tend not to leave a ton of comments, but i did some
ReplyDeletesearching and wound up here "Full text of the DCMS letter now online".
And I do have a couple of questions for you if you tend not to mind.
Could it be only me or does it look like a few of the comments look as if they are coming from brain dead people?
:-P And, if you are posting at additional online social sites, I would like to follow everything new you have to post.
Could you make a list of every one of your shared sites like your
Facebook page, twitter feed, or linkedin profile?
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