| Been following the case for a while now 16:35 - Jan 15 with 1311 views | The_Romford_Blue |
And I have to say, I find it disturbing that a coroner and an independent hearing have both found him to have sexually assaulted her and have been willing to say that on record and yet, nothing can be done to arrest him.
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| Been following the case for a while now on 18:03 - Jan 15 with 1208 views | factual_blue |
It's how the law works. I don't think the coroner requires a 'beyond all reasonable doubt' level of proof in reaching his findings, merely 'balance of probabilities'. For any criminal prosecution to succeed, the case must be proven beyond all reasonable doubt.
When you stop and think about it, that's absolutely right, and a principle more important than one individual case, no matter how distressing (as this one is). |  |
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| Been following the case for a while now on 09:59 - Jan 16 with 1041 views | blue_oyster |
Note the date of the death (December 2012), and that an independent inquest is only starting to uncover the truth. This is because social workers had applied for a secrecy order to be in place for two years, so that any failures of the authorities could not be reported and would not be made public. The original hearing in her death took just seven minutes, without the key evidence being heard in public, and the coronor retiring the next day. It took the media to bring a case to the High Court to get a new inquest. |  |
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| Been following the case for a while now on 10:02 - Jan 16 with 1029 views | IpswichKnight |
| Been following the case for a while now on 09:59 - Jan 16 by blue_oyster |
Note the date of the death (December 2012), and that an independent inquest is only starting to uncover the truth. This is because social workers had applied for a secrecy order to be in place for two years, so that any failures of the authorities could not be reported and would not be made public. The original hearing in her death took just seven minutes, without the key evidence being heard in public, and the coronor retiring the next day. It took the media to bring a case to the High Court to get a new inquest. |
Also the police investigation was botched, they did not seize any evidence, did not treat the home as a potential crime scene, senior officers did not visit the home against national guidelines, the parents were not asked to reconstruct the last few hours and neither parent was interviewed under caution until the next year.
It will be very hard to get a prosecution with the lack of evidence. |  | | |
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