[Ramrod]

Originally posted by leeswin
i forgot this heres an intresting twist since all this happend in 99 "we have had the 'don't jail burglars' speeches from the Lords Woolf and Irvine, which despite their protestations have the stated aim of sending fewer burglars to prison, in line with Government policy. "

fond here " http://www.tonymartinsupportgroup.org/ " anyone else remeber this on the news?

I find this bit particularly interesting:

The claims of jury intimidation remain 'not proven', although a pointer may be the fact that some potential defence witnesses refused to testify for their own safety, and that the police advised Tony Martin's family not to attend the trial. So that in England, in the year 2000, a law-abiding mother could not see her son being unjustly tried and unjustly convicted, while the public gallery of an English court was wholly taken over by the relatives of the three career criminals who raided Bleak House that August night, cheering and punching the air when the verdict was returned, abusing the lone figure about to start his life sentence. Since then Fred Barras' father has been sentenced for an armed robbery (in which he held a gun to the head of a female security guard) carried out only a few weeks after the Martin verdict. To his credit, however, the father of Brendon Fearon has called for Tony Martin's release. Mr Fearon (one of the three burglars), who has now been released from prison, has actually been visited by Victim Support (whose side are they on?), consulted by the Home Office as to how long Tony Martin should serve, and has written him a letter which appeared from the language to have been dictated by social workers, inviting him to 'show remorse' before 'reconciliation' occurs

If there was jury nobbling going on, or if defence witnesses didn't testify, did Martin get a fair trial?