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On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:45:01 -0400, "Truebrit" <sly_bacon@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
>>"R. LaCasse" <rkba@castle_doctrine.info> wrote:
>>
>> But the following day the pair were freed on bail. Hours later police
>> called
>> at the safe house where they are staying to tell them no charges would be
>> brought. Andy said: "I couldn't believe it and just hugged Tracey for dear
>> life. It was as if a weight had been lifted from our heads that was slowly
>> crushing us. But I still cannot believe the whole thing happened. I'm not
>> sleeping and really don't feel at all well. I suppose it's still shock. I
>> knew I was going to be arrested because I had just shot someone. There was
>> no way round it. But the police were understanding, courteous to us
>> throughout - very professional."
>>
>
>What you may not have read was that two days before they were released a
>senior Conservative Party minister in the ruling coalition government made a
>statement to the press that the couple "should not be charged."
>I wonder what the outcome may have been if such a high ranking government
>minister had not made that remark.
>Truebrit.
>
	As in other very similar cases, Party Ministers, don't seem to have
as much clout as a group of judges.

	Much like the US Senate against Ray Nagin in the New Orleans
confiscation and the return of those firearms from the cache.

Bob

>>>"R. LaCasse" <rkba@castle_doctrine.info> wrote:
>>> But the following day the pair were freed on bail. Hours later police
>>> called
>>> at the safe house where they are staying to tell them no charges would 
>>> be
>>> brought. Andy said: "I couldn't believe it and just hugged Tracey for 
>>> dear
>>> life. It was as if a weight had been lifted from our heads that was 
>>> slowly
>>> crushing us. But I still cannot believe the whole thing happened. I'm 
>>> not
>>> sleeping and really don't feel at all well. I suppose it's still shock. 
>>> I
>>> knew I was going to be arrested because I had just shot someone. There 
>>> was
>>> no way round it. But the police were understanding, courteous to us
>>> throughout - very professional."
>>
>>"Truebrit" wrote:
>>What you may not have read was that two days before they were released a
>>senior Conservative Party minister in the ruling coalition government made 
>>a
>>statement to the press that the couple "should not be charged."
>>I wonder what the outcome may have been if such a high ranking government
>>minister had not made that remark.
>>Truebrit.
>
>"R. LaCasse" <rkba@castle_doctrine.info> wrote:
> As in other very similar cases, Party Ministers, don't seem to have
> as much clout as a group of judges.
>
> Much like the US Senate against Ray Nagin in the New Orleans
> confiscation and the return of those firearms from the cache.
>

No minister of the crown spoke up for Tony Martin in a very similar case and 
Martin was subsequently charged with murder and went to jail.
It was only public outrage that got his charge reduced to manslaughter and 
his sentence reduced. He still had to serve three years of a five year jail 
sentence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Martin_%28farmer%29

Truebrit.