1st February, 2018.
Yep: 7·35, that’s when I did that video.
And, frankly?
I’m thankful I’ve managed to get some tea down my neck.
You wouldn’t think a pint’s worth of hot caffeine would help, would you?
But there you go …
Right at the moment, though?
Right at the moment, I’ve got the
Today on: interviewing a senior judge about the
collapse of several recent rape trials, and a
human trafficking case.
The cases hinge on whether police in each case correctly disclosed evidence to defence lawyers. Evidence showing that the prosecution cases were — at the very least — extremely unsafe: if not outright non-existent.
Speaking personally?
I …
Well, I’m not sure what’s going on.
But personally feel it’s important to have this cleared up.
Rape cases are some of the most difficult to prosecute.
Anything that puts victims off — which I feel this may — makes that harder to do.
There’s something else, as well.
I’ve met a few people who’ve done time, over the years.
Quite a few?
Claimed to be victims of a police or judicial stitch up: been manipulated into serving a sentence after being falsely accused of something they didn’t do.
Frankly?
The needs of the victims have to be served.
And what is — effectively — false accusations need to be stopped.
Just not only has to be done, and SEEN to be done.
For all sides.
