Anyway, as SJ hasn't, here's my alter ego's angle http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/11/one-law-for-polanski-another-for-ched-evans THIS: Alternatively, if a serious sex conviction should cost a footballer his entire career (along with the professions routinely closed to sex offenders) then a similar vigilance should, surely, be applied to discernible sleazebaggery in any other profession, from whistleblowing to royal work, where clemency might be mistaken for approval