Cheri Blair's hypocrisy

[Bobbisox]

She let a guy off who assaulted another and smashed his jaw...why?
Because he was religious and she knows how that is being a devout Catholic !
So what about Honour killings? they are religiously motivated, does she say
"Well done, run along now, there's a nice chap"

Bobbi ♥

[Oneeyedvic]

Surely you can tell the difference between assault and killing?

I read this article http://news.bbc.co.uk..._politics/8497365.stm yesterday, and if you take away the 'spin', you will see that she freed a person because they were previously of good character.

///"You are a religious man and you know this is not acceptable behaviour." ///

Take out the words 'a religious man' and input the words:
"part of your local community"
"a member of Rotary"
"a borough councillor"
etc etc

Whilst she did mention religion, I feel that she was pretty much saying: "You are a proper bloke and you have a moral code"

And isn't it nice that a Catholic can free a Muslim - wouldn't it be good if religions could actually work together more!

[jake-the-peg]

If I were you I'd direct my outrage at the CPS who only brought ABH charges and not GBH substantially lessening the chance he'd be sent to prison.

[brionon]

Is it just a ploy to get us to forgive Bliar for all the deaths in Iraq ?

[Bobbisox]

jake I am merely making an observation here, I am not outraged, I have gone past that stage now
Bobbi ♥

[fredpuli47]

jake , why does charging abh and not gbh substantially reduce the chances of his being sent to prison ? It's exactly the same actions and guilt whatever you charge it as. The maximum sentence is the same (5 years) for both. The judge has more than enough sentencing power.
It's properly charged as an abh but even if you call that injury 'grievous', that is 'really serious bodily harm' ( DPP v Smith [1961] A.C.291 ), the sentence would be no different.