tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post3260119761208234254..comments2023-07-10T10:57:18.522+01:00Comments on The Magistrates' Blog: Real Life Meets FictionBystander http://www.blogger.com/profile/10211688955428527960noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-40745185274910204472012-10-11T02:30:13.944+01:002012-10-11T02:30:13.944+01:00Sometimes, (perhaps not in this case), it is found...Sometimes, (perhaps not in this case), it is found as a matter of fact that a crime has not taken place (eg a homicide was in self-defence and therefore not criminal). Then, there is no victim. Until that finding, it was alleged there was a crime and therefore a victim. Hence, it is sensible to talk of an "alleged victim".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-40796693948039163722012-10-10T16:20:13.536+01:002012-10-10T16:20:13.536+01:00not quite sure what element of "alleged"...not quite sure what element of "alleged" applies in your description of the victim, surely the fact he was the victim of a crime is accepted ?Chattering mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-69292475494640499252012-10-10T05:23:41.125+01:002012-10-10T05:23:41.125+01:00Have you seen this.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...Have you seen this.<br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9586865/Ratcatcher-accused-of-murdering-retired-colonel-was-his-lover-court-hears.html<br /><br />John Gibson<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-8035585004771310102012-10-09T20:15:58.760+01:002012-10-09T20:15:58.760+01:00Thank you one and all! Thank you one and all! Man on the Village Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420025319687905046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-16688455135252684302012-10-09T18:03:22.230+01:002012-10-09T18:03:22.230+01:00The silver screen beckons, "The Taking of Pel...The silver screen beckons, "The Taking of Pelham Replacement Bus Service"Paulusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-16879755463490999792012-10-09T14:27:24.377+01:002012-10-09T14:27:24.377+01:00In the Gazebo, with a coconut!In the Gazebo, with a coconut!Robert the Bikernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-44441738254429605942012-10-09T11:50:33.480+01:002012-10-09T11:50:33.480+01:00The horse did it!The horse did it!handy andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-15264010624830375242012-10-09T11:22:47.144+01:002012-10-09T11:22:47.144+01:00Ahh...But the fact that his name was actually Nudd...Ahh...But the fact that his name was actually Nudds would have been the previously unseen clue that got him arrested in the last ten minutes of the episode.Robert the Bikernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-38622566961486043172012-10-09T11:19:32.603+01:002012-10-09T11:19:32.603+01:00And as well we have, in evidence, "a receipt ...And as well we have, in evidence, "a receipt which showed the transaction was timed at 21:31 GMT." Pity there is, as yet, no disputed train schedule into the mix, nor howling hounds nor outrageous disguises discarded at the scene.<br /><br />Still, I believe it may require Lord Wimsey to sort this lot out.Old Geezernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-74394341178003224082012-10-09T06:39:36.631+01:002012-10-09T06:39:36.631+01:00"...right now you got me about as confused as..."...right now you got me about as confused as I ever hope to be."Mjolinirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338620374054549585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-69828966764126945572012-10-09T00:13:33.512+01:002012-10-09T00:13:33.512+01:00The investigation was protracted, and theories the...The investigation was protracted, and theories the police were reported at one time to be considering included dark hints about the victim's Army past and that he had been shot in mistake for Tim Workman, the former Chief Magistrate, who lives in the area.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-88644451388455417082012-10-08T23:35:31.141+01:002012-10-08T23:35:31.141+01:00Wonderful names! Shame that the defendant's bi...Wonderful names! Shame that the defendant's birth name, and the one by which he was known at the time of this murder, was actually Nudds, not quite so Midsomeresque, but all part of the complex plot. Man on the Village Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420025319687905046noreply@blogger.com