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Topic: Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?
Posted by: Huw Burford-Taylor
Date/Time: 24/09/14 10:15:00

From the BBC:

"Giving evidence, the woman - now a television personality - said she was 22 when Travis approached her as she was smoking a cigarette in a corridor of the BBC studios in Manchester."

"But the woman's account of having raised the assault incident at the time was backed up by comedian Dave Gorman, a scriptwriter on the show, and the producer Peter Kessler, who told the jury they remembered her claims clearly."

So we can discount compensation, we can discount "5 minutes of fame."

In that case what you appear to be saying is that if you can afford to spend £100k on defence and are bankrupted by it then that should count as some sort of mitigation, and are therefore perpetuating the idea that rich, powerful men(and invariably it is men) will carry on in this way because either no one will believe their accusers, or they'll be able to buy their way out of trouble with good lawyers.

That needs to be challenged in the strongest possible way. The message needs to be sent that NO MATTER who you are, no matter how much time has passed, you will face the full extent of the law. You are on completely the wrong side of the argument here.


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Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 08:28:00 Andy Pease
   Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 08:59:00 Dan Murphy
      Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 09:44:00 Andy Pease
   Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 09:22:00 Will Watson
      Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 09:30:00 Georgina Flint
         Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 09:35:00 Nick Barton
   Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 09:37:00 David Powers
      Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 09:44:00 Huw Burford-Taylor
         Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 10:03:00 bobby osborne
         Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 10:12:00 Vanessa Smith
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 17:38:00 Georgina Flint
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 17:41:00 Huw Burford-Taylor
         Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 10:27:00 Andy Pease
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 10:44:00 Huw Burford-Taylor
   Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 10:15:00 Huw Burford-Taylor
      Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 17:13:00 Micki Hawkes
         Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 17:16:00 Micki Hawkes
         Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 17:21:00 Huw Burford-Taylor
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 17:24:00 Claire Moran
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 17:29:00 Pete Mayes
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 17:34:00 Pete Mayes
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 17:40:00 Huw Burford-Taylor
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 17:44:00 Pete Mayes
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 17:44:00 Claire Moran
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 17:58:00 bobby osborne
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 18:00:00 Claire Moran
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 21:11:00 Lynne Bruce
   Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 19:56:00 Eithne Ryan
      Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 21:05:00 Andy Pease
         Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 21:18:00 Georgina Flint
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 21:31:00 Andy Pease
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 21:34:00 Georgina Flint
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 21:54:00 Claire Moran
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 21:58:00 Andy Pease
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 21:59:00 Eithne Ryan
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 22:03:00 Pete Mayes
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 22:48:00 Carl Wynne
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 23:27:00 Keith Iddon
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 22:05:00 Keith Iddon
      Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 22:17:00 Apple Leiper
         Re:Re:Re:Does DLT deserve jail ?24/09/14 22:59:00 N Kelly
         Burt Lancaster...24/09/14 23:00:00 Stuart Kerr
            Re:Burt Lancaster...24/09/14 23:35:00 Keith Iddon
               Re:Re:Burt Lancaster...25/09/14 12:32:00 Sam Hearn
                  Re:Re:Re:Burt Lancaster...25/09/14 12:51:00 Pete Mayes
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Burt Lancaster...25/09/14 12:59:00 Sam Hearn
   Re: Gutsy women25/09/14 13:26:00 Vanessa Smith

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