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Originally Posted by andyl
Please could you qualify your comment "they are as guilty as sin"? I'm interested on what FACTUAL basis you make this judgement.
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I didn't say these guys were as guilty as sin, although their reasons for being in that region were lame to say the least.
I am saying there are cases when the police know someone is guilty but are unable to proceed, it's a bit like a local problem recently near my parents house where they could not take someone to court because the witness had given evidence, on the false promise that the criminal would admit guilt as soon as he was aware of a witness. The criminal carried on protesting his innocence and the witness refused to go to court and wanted to retract their statement.
There are situations like that where the police cannot get a conviction for one reason or another, and guilty people walk free!