View Full Version : Nicola Payne investigation: Trio re-bailed again
This case seems no closer to being solved, though: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-27238406
rebbonk
01-05-2014, 08:39 PM
I believe that the truth is known, but proving it is rather difficult. Hence the prolonged arrests and bail...
rebbonk
25-11-2014, 03:47 PM
Link (http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/trio-re-bailed-again-over-nicola-8172643)
Emotive as this case is, surely 11 months on bail isn't on?
Either plod have the evidence, or they don't.
I'm no human rights advocate, but I really think this is an abuse of power.
rebbonk
25-11-2014, 03:53 PM
Looks like the law society might be in agreement with me
BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22624648)
It seems to be the way things have gone over recent years - starting with control orders, then TPIMS, and now the police putting people on permanent bail or using the civil law route.
'Police State Creep' might be a useful phrase.
rebbonk
25-11-2014, 05:57 PM
'Police State Creep'
That sums it up quite well!
But, of course, if we've done nothing wrong, we have nothing to fear.
2 people have been charged, and a woman has been arrested in connection with the murder: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-31006969
rebbonk
27-01-2015, 08:46 PM
I await the court case with interest...
This whole thing looks live it could drag on for a lot longer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-31020569
rebbonk
28-01-2015, 05:24 PM
Yes, the legal process can be slow. My only hope is that a 'fair' trial happens and that those accused are not 'tried by media' as has happened in other cases.
If the accused are genuinely guilty, I trust they will get a stiff penalty; but we cannot allow scapegoats just to appease 'the system'.
I also hope (if the defendants are guilty) that the parents are finally allowed closure.
A lake at Coombe Abbey's being searched as part of the case: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-32445204
2 men charged with Nicola's murder found not guilty. Sadly, this may become just another unsolved case: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-34843374
rebbonk
17-11-2015, 08:42 PM
Having followed the case, I can't say I'm surprised at the verdict at all. In my honest opinion there was never a realistic chance of conviction from what I read. (Others have commented the same.) I really can't understand how the CPS decided they had sufficient evidence.
Sadly, this can't have helped the family at all. They had their expectations raised only to be cruelly dashed.
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