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Originally Posted by Hugh
Marty, you have misread that - nowhere does it state the judge ordered the investigation because it was 100% accurate, he ordered it because of the accusation there had been a leak - two different things....
It was one of the guilty defendant's lawyer's who stated
Do you think he may be bending the facts a little, as the judge states elsewhere in that same article
I know who I would believe about what the judge said....
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we'll just have to wait until the appeal to get the full details ,i wouldn't imagine a judge would comment for fear of prejudicing any future action and i don't think any lawyer/barrister would comment about such improprieties without good cause or he may find himself in a lot of bother
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
if proven the sentence would've been harsher no doubt, trouble is it's quite hard to prove a hate crime, a guy I went to school with was murdered by an Asian gang a few years back and they were screaming racial abuse as they kicked him to death but apparently that wasn't a hate crime according to the cps
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Apparently some of the defendants told police upon arrest that it was motivated by race which was dismissed by the police and the judge
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. "Some of you, when arrested, said it was triggered by race," he continued. "That is nonsense. What triggered this prosecution was your lust and greed."
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To me that just reinforces my belief that the police and cps are worried about bringing race into criminal matters especially when other serious charges like rape are involved.I don't think the judge grasps the idea that the group of men satisfied their greed and lust with white British girls because they were white and British ,they could probably have found some Chinese or Polish girls to satisfy their greed and lust