"Rob" <rsvptorob-newsREMOVE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Dr John Watson wrote:
> || If the offence was "unknown to law", why did the CPS prosecute? Why
> || did the defence not get the charge struck out? How many other people
> || are in jail for breaking no laws?
>
> Unbelievable. One could understand if it was in the muppets court but
this
> was the Crown Court, where you'd expect they would know what they were
> doing.
The CPS is the CPS no matter what court hears the case; and the judge got
it
wrong, just as magistrates could have got it wrong. That's what the Court
of
Appeal is for, and although there are some old cases, there was none on
this
exact point, so it makes sense to have an authoritative decision.
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