Except he knows what he’s talking about, unlike Dermot.Lawyers version of Dermot Gallagher
Except he knows what he’s talking about, unlike Dermot.Lawyers version of Dermot Gallagher
To be fair his machete wasn't that sharp
If they charged him with attempted murder it would seem they would have charged him with murder if death had resulted. Everything else is the same.That would depend on whether he was charged with murder.
He needs to get himself a lawn mower!To be fair his machete wasn't that sharp
If they charged him with attempted murder it would seem they would have charged him with murder if death had resulted. Everything else is the same.
A man is stopped by the Police for having no insurance, tries to drive off, firstly punches the Police officer, then pulls out a machete and repeatedly strikes the Police officer in the head. Aparently this doesnt count as attempted murder in the UK these days?? And the 2ft machete isn't found to be an offensive weapon because the man said he used it for gardening. Am I missing something?
I had similar experiences on my dury duty. I only got one case and it was a very serious charge against a man on a woman, about as serious as it can get. It was effectively impossible to know whether he'd done it or not as the victim had zero memory of the event and he denied it completely. It may have happened, but it was impossible to convict based on what was presented. At least 3 jurors (all women) refused to budge from a guilty verdict and when asked why their standard responses were things like 'i can just tell he did it', 'look at him, he looks guilty' or 'i've seen things like this before and they've always done it'. To be clear the only thing i think in their eyes that made him look guilty was he was a man.I've done it twice, and had some very similar experiences.
One we were pretty certain the defendant was not mentally competent, and after he was found guilty, the judge pretty much seemed to agree with that by referring him for assessment.
There was one where two jurors read books in the jury room, having decided their verdict early on.
At least one case we may have been watching too much TV drama, as we couldn't work out why the charge was what it was, and why an obvious point was addressed.
About 2/3 of the jurors were people I'd be happy with having on a jury!
I do like the Secret Barrister, he's usually precise in his statements, as long as people don't reinterpret them to suit themselves.
I had similar experiences on my dury duty. I only got one case and it was a very serious charge against a man on a woman, about as serious as it can get. It was effectively impossible to know whether he'd done it or not as the victim had zero memory of the event and he denied it completely. It may have happened, but it was impossible to convict based on what was presented. At least 3 jurors (all women) refused to budge from a guilty verdict and when asked why their standard responses were things like 'i can just tell he did it', 'look at him, he looks guilty' or 'i've seen things like this before and they've always done it'. To be clear the only thing i think in their eyes that made him look guilty was he was a man.
All in all, it scared the shit out of me that we let people decide these cases who can be so prejudice and just decide a persons fate based on their pre determined guilt.
I had similar experiences on my dury duty. I only got one case and it was a very serious charge against a man on a woman, about as serious as it can get. It was effectively impossible to know whether he'd done it or not as the victim had zero memory of the event and he denied it completely. It may have happened, but it was impossible to convict based on what was presented. At least 3 jurors (all women) refused to budge from a guilty verdict and when asked why their standard responses were things like 'i can just tell he did it', 'look at him, he looks guilty' or 'i've seen things like this before and they've always done it'. To be clear the only thing i think in their eyes that made him look guilty was he was a man.
All in all, it scared the shit out of me that we let people decide these cases who can be so prejudice and just decide a persons fate based on their pre determined guilt.