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We sometimes advise members who want their NFA 'no-crimed' to seek the assistance of their MP but in this instance I don't think there would be much point
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Plym...ail/story.html
I have linked to this partly because of the disgraceful behaviour of the MP; we can all have opinions but as a lawmaker he should uphold the basic principle of 'innocent till proved guilty', but more significantly to highlight the reasons behind the CPS discontinuing the case.
The accused's solicitors, together with a barrister, were able to put forward a abuse of process argument because of the very historic nature of the case, and this was subsequently accepted by the Crown, despite a trial date having already been set.
It is a shame that the solicitor's name wasn't published; they would be worthy of a mention in our specialist sticky as regardless of the defendant's actual guilt or innocence (I'm not going to speculate on this) they have proved that being charged is not necessarily a reason for giving up hope.
To finish on a more serious note, folks like this in parliament are obviously going to oppose any attempt to make the law more equitable to those accused of sexual offences, so hopefully any members in his constituency will remember this episode at the next election
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Plym...ail/story.html
I have linked to this partly because of the disgraceful behaviour of the MP; we can all have opinions but as a lawmaker he should uphold the basic principle of 'innocent till proved guilty', but more significantly to highlight the reasons behind the CPS discontinuing the case.
The accused's solicitors, together with a barrister, were able to put forward a abuse of process argument because of the very historic nature of the case, and this was subsequently accepted by the Crown, despite a trial date having already been set.
It is a shame that the solicitor's name wasn't published; they would be worthy of a mention in our specialist sticky as regardless of the defendant's actual guilt or innocence (I'm not going to speculate on this) they have proved that being charged is not necessarily a reason for giving up hope.
To finish on a more serious note, folks like this in parliament are obviously going to oppose any attempt to make the law more equitable to those accused of sexual offences, so hopefully any members in his constituency will remember this episode at the next election
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