Iain’s Blog

Hi,

Picked up a story that the CPS in London are failing the public. Too many cases not actually getting to court as deadlines are passed, so a Jury and Judge don’t even get them in front of them. Now having worked with the front line staff, they are like many other public sector jobs, hard working but led by people who maybe shouldn’t always be managers, not supported by the Government, not funded etc etc.

Well here is a suggestion, why not let the Police become the Prosecutors again for all minor cases leaving the CPS to prosecute the more serious cases?

So many times the Solicitor or Barrister would only pick up the file when in court and would whisper across - ‘whats the basics in this case’? Too much for them to do. Let the Police do it, it would give officers skills in giving evidence. nowadays you may never go to court until its a big case.

Just a thought again.

Our aims (the CPS)

CPS London is committed to making the capital safer. We will do this by reducing violent and sexual crimes, drug-related offences and acquisitive crime. You may have seen gangs of people in Black capes with Wigs fighting crime - that’s us!

We also aim to improve public confidence in the fairness and effectiveness of the criminal justice system and to improve our service to victims and witnesses. This seems to be going very well at the moment, we are fairly in-effective.

Our other priorities include making the criminal pay. This year we aim to recover £20 million worth of criminal assets. This can be used to help pay for Expert Witnesses and better crime fighting outfits. The cape keeps getting tangled up and is therefore a health and safety issue.

Okay so this maybe a slightly tweaked version. Now I know that the CPS are doing okay as they are fighting crime and presenting the evidence. Maybe the Police had better watch out…

Evening all,

Whilst surfing the t’interweb thingie. I came across this comment from Mr Stoodley. Spot the link between him and an old Coronation Street character - no prizes. 

The expert evidence – Dr Stoodley
23. In his first report, dated 28 May 2007, Dr Stoodley commented that:

“It is generally accepted (although we do not really know) that the degree of force required to produce subdural haemorrhage in cases where there is enlargement of the sub-arachnoid spaces is likely to be less than if the space was normal in size.”

Spot it?

Well think of the Corner Shop and then think of the lady who says ‘ I don’t rightly know’. Well that’s the one! Mr Stoodley admits that he doesn’t really know what he and his colleagues are talking about (and that’s only on one issue) …funny that they keep saying it all the time though…

Can’t be for dodgy purposes surely…like cash, being flash etc.

Lets see if these experts here in the UK can start being as honest (eventually) as Dr Smith in Canada.

 Its either time to stick your hands up and say ‘we just don’t know’, so that gives Judges and the Legal system, reasonable doubt. Or retire…

Before its forced upon you… 

Military Friends

We heard the other day that one of the prison officers who had been Keran’s personal officer died suddenly the other day. Nothing suspicious just terribly sudden and at such a young age.

Our thoughts are with her family, friends & colleagues. RIP