In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault 16:30 - Mar 23 with 1118 views | GeoffSentence | I am not a great fan of the 'no smoke without fire' method of justice, but it seems that I am as susceptible as anyone to its subtle charms as I was surprised that he was cleared, and my surprise was based simply on the number of people who came forward. | |
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In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 16:41 - Mar 23 with 1062 views | Ryorry | Whether innocent or guilty, he's certainly been lucky with the timing. | |
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In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 16:47 - Mar 23 with 1042 views | J2BLUE |
In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 16:41 - Mar 23 by Ryorry | Whether innocent or guilty, he's certainly been lucky with the timing. |
How so? | |
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In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 16:55 - Mar 23 with 1008 views | Ryorry |
In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 16:47 - Mar 23 by J2BLUE | How so? |
Mega publicity avoided - minds on other things etc. | |
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In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 16:56 - Mar 23 with 1000 views | J2BLUE |
In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 16:55 - Mar 23 by Ryorry | Mega publicity avoided - minds on other things etc. |
This has been well publicised though. Followed him around for at least a year and now he's been cleared when few will hear about it. I'd say it's bad timing for him. Plenty won't hear he's been cleared and will assume he's guilty. | |
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In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 16:58 - Mar 23 with 993 views | Ryorry |
In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 16:56 - Mar 23 by J2BLUE | This has been well publicised though. Followed him around for at least a year and now he's been cleared when few will hear about it. I'd say it's bad timing for him. Plenty won't hear he's been cleared and will assume he's guilty. |
Nothing like the coverage it would have got in normal circumstances though. There was also Brexit beforehand. I'm sure everyone will hear the outcome too. [Post edited 23 Mar 2020 17:00]
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In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 17:02 - Mar 23 with 978 views | NotSure | Didn't follow the case fully but all of the accusations just seemed to be their word against his, with no witnesses or other proof. Although being Scotland he could have got a "Not Proven" outcome, which is still an acquittal but not a very good one. | | | |
In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 17:06 - Mar 23 with 957 views | StokieBlue |
In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 16:58 - Mar 23 by Ryorry | Nothing like the coverage it would have got in normal circumstances though. There was also Brexit beforehand. I'm sure everyone will hear the outcome too. [Post edited 23 Mar 2020 17:00]
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Why would the level of coverage matter if he's been cleared? SB | |
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In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 17:09 - Mar 23 with 944 views | Ryorry |
In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 17:06 - Mar 23 by StokieBlue | Why would the level of coverage matter if he's been cleared? SB |
All I've said was that he's been fortunate to avoid the massive coverage the whole thing would have received in other times - including kangaroo courts that start on social media, even when some's found innocent. No need for an argument really. | |
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In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 17:19 - Mar 23 with 907 views | m14_blue |
In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 17:02 - Mar 23 by NotSure | Didn't follow the case fully but all of the accusations just seemed to be their word against his, with no witnesses or other proof. Although being Scotland he could have got a "Not Proven" outcome, which is still an acquittal but not a very good one. |
Think one of the allegations was found not proven. | | | |
In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 17:23 - Mar 23 with 895 views | GeoffSentence |
In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 17:02 - Mar 23 by NotSure | Didn't follow the case fully but all of the accusations just seemed to be their word against his, with no witnesses or other proof. Although being Scotland he could have got a "Not Proven" outcome, which is still an acquittal but not a very good one. |
Twelve charges were 'not guilty', one was 'not proven' | |
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In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 18:49 - Mar 23 with 812 views | peterleeblue |
In other news - Alex Salmond has been cleared of sexual assault on 16:41 - Mar 23 by Ryorry | Whether innocent or guilty, he's certainly been lucky with the timing. |
More to the point the accusers have been lucky with the timing. AS exercising restraint and will wait until less unsettled times to detail all of the evidence. | | | |
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