(Not so) Fun Fact #2shoutinghorse wrote: ↑Bloody hell yes, I thought I'd seen him somewhere before when I was watching him on the news. I remember that James Whale show well.InfraRedBucket wrote: ↑https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-engla ... n-42365521Met Police to conduct urgent review after rape trial collapse
The Met Police is to hold an "urgent" review of a rape case after being accused of failing to disclose vital evidence.
Liam Allan, 22, was charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault but his trial collapsed after police were ordered to hand over phone records.
A computer disk containing 40,000 messages revealed the alleged victim pestered Mr Allen for "casual sex".
Prosecution barrister Jerry Hayes accused police of "pure incompetence".
The charges against the criminology student were dropped three days into the trial at Croydon Crown Court when Mr Hayes took over the case.
It is understood police had looked at thousands of phone messages when reviewing evidence in the case, but had failed to disclose to the prosecution and defence teams messages between the complainant and her friends which cast doubt on the case against Mr Allan.
The CPS said it offered no evidence in the case on Thursday as there was "no longer a realistic prospect of conviction".
Fun fact for Pit Brits:
The Prosecution lawyer in that case was none other than Jerry Hayes
who was a Tory MP from 1983-87 and my emeory of him was of a bit of a self publicising prat, appearing on late night softporn Tv chat shows etc at the drop of a hat.
like the James Whale Radio Show (on TV - Geddit?)
Hayes works for a firm of Barristers called Goldman Chambers
Also on their books is a certain Charlotte Proudman who Pitters may recall had a smashing Linkedlin photo
and is the "got to person for child abduction", as well as smashing the patriarchy in her spare time
http://www.goldsmithchambers.com/barris ... -proudman/