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    #76
    I think we should avoid the p-word, although I understand your anger.

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      #77
      Managed to start a thread on this over on World without checking here first. It's beyond despicable. If they don't go to prison...Sadly, what jwdd27 says is probably the most likely outcome

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        #78
        I hadn't heard the police officers were in a relationship. I'm surprised that's allowed between working beat partners.

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          #79
          Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View Post
          I hadn't heard the police officers were in a relationship. I'm surprised that's allowed between working beat partners.
          It may not have been known to their superiors. Report I read yesterday said they were no longer.

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            #80
            Again people

            Ongoing trial.

            Careful what we say until after the verdict​

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              #81
              The relationship was known about within the nick.

              See my first post on here as to why I know this.

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                #82
                Originally posted by Guy Profumo View Post
                Again people

                Ongoing trial.

                Careful what we say until after the verdict​
                Commenting on stuff being reported in the papers isn't going to prejudice a trial is it.

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                  #83
                  Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View Post
                  I think we should avoid the p-word
                  ...because?

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                    #84
                    Yeah, seems appropriate to me.

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                      #85
                      Unless you would prefer the f word

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                        #86
                        Originally posted by Guy Profumo View Post
                        Again people

                        Ongoing trial.

                        Careful what we say until after the verdict​
                        I was/am careful in my posts to only include what was in the court reports - there's other stuff which is "common knowledge" which was reported in the papers around the time of his death (possible defence angles) which I excluded as it hasn't yet come up in court.

                        This is different to the former Welsh footballer's case in that certain facts are not disputed - he was tasered for 33 seconds, kicked in the head with force and beaten with a baton. By the po-po.

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                          #87
                          https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...droidApp_Other

                          Why are they calling it a stun gun and not a taser?

                          The attempts now seem to be to show he was in ill health and that caused his death.

                          He was still handcuffed when he was on the stretcher because the police said he was a threat. Is there a police handbook on how to get away with murder?

                          Edit: spelling of gun.
                          Last edited by Antepli Ejderha; 15-05-2021, 07:18.

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                            #88
                            That is very odd, AE. Even for the guardian.

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                              #89
                              Originally posted by TonTon View Post
                              That is very odd, AE. Even for the guardian.
                              I checked the writer and it was a staffer not AP or Reuters which makes it odder.

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                                #90
                                Originally posted by Antepli Ejderha View Post

                                I checked the writer and it was a staffer not AP or Reuters which makes it odder.
                                That is odd but all the article is doing is summarising the defence case ("court hears"). I don't see any hidden agenda here,

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                                  #91
                                  The Guardian's consistently used the word Taser, to change it is strange. The defence may want to do that but the journalist should be clear, in my opinion, what was used.

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                                    #92
                                    Strange and suspicious. Have you contacted them about it and asked them why they have changed it?

                                    I'm unimpressed with them using his health status as a defence either.

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                                      #93
                                      The defence is unlikely to be impressive.

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                                        #94
                                        Taser is a brand name (though it has very much come to be used for the entire genre of electroshock weapons)

                                        It may have been brought to their attention (perhaps in court) that the weapon in question was not made by TASER (now Axon)

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                                          #95
                                          Well maybe, but a taser (or a TASERTM) isn't a stun gun because it can be used at distance.

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                                            #96
                                            Police officer guilty of manslaughter of ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson | Crime | The Guardian

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                                              #97
                                              Be interesting to understand how the buggering fuck what that filthy bastard did wasn't murder.

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                                                #98
                                                My guess is that they couldn't prove intentionality beyond a reasonable doubt

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                                                  #99
                                                  This still makes him the first UK copper convicted of killing someone for a really, really long time, doesn't it?

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                                                    Originally posted by Flynnie View Post
                                                    This still makes him the first UK copper convicted of killing someone for a really, really long time, doesn't it?
                                                    Since Alwyn Sawyer in 1986
                                                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Henry_Foley

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