Barry George.

[Jimbob]

So,s he,s been aquitted and thats the law of the land, but I still can,t make my mind up on this one, espicially following on from todays comments that he couldn,t have shot Ms Dando, as he was stalking another woman at that time. I know a lot has been made of his low intellect but it just makes one wonder that he,s doing himself no favours in trying to alleviate any lingering suspicion by comments such as these. Any views?

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Seems a perfectly reasonable alibi.Surely no self-respecting Stalker can do a Professional job on 2 people at the same time..and as he was busy stalking a "person unknown" that would exonerate him as far as I'm concerned.

In fact he could approach the person who he is really stalking and ask them if they would not mind terribly veryifying his story.Sure they won't mind.

Case Dismissed! Next!

[Asset]

Interestingly in the Scottish legal system there is; guilty, not guilty, and not proven, i.e. open to speculation. Perhaps if he had been tried in Scotland this would have been the verdict.

[EDOldie]

I can't believe he did it, not proven is as good as guilty, it assumes you have committed the crime but there is not enough evidence against you for a conviction. Mind you all Scots are guilty in my opinion.

I think this is another case of the Police taking the easy way out. A clearly very inadequate individual with little ability to challenge them and their authority. Look at all the other cases, Birmingham six, that poor woman accused of killing her babies, when they were cot deaths and subsequently killed herself after she was freed. Christ, if we still had the death penalty, what then?

All you read about it points to a professional killing, the question is why, and of course who. There are loads of rumours, but unless the Police actually investigate the crime properly we?ll never know.

[SeanMacGabhann]

What do peopel think about Scotland Yard's head of homicide statement:

"Commander Simon Foy, head of Scotland Yard's homicide and serious crime command, said: "We are disappointed by today's verdict but especially disappointed for Jill's family and friends. However, we respect the decision of the court." "

Sounded a bit defensive and inappropriate to me. Why didn't he just say "Barry George is still guilty in my eyes. Bloody do-gooders. It's political correctness gone MAD I tell thee!"

[Asset]

I agree with you Oldie, I don't think he did it either given the information about him. He was an easy target.

Professional hit from the way it was done. Maybe something to do with Crimewatch although why? Also I read she had received critical letters regarding her support for the Kosovans at the time but again, why bother with her?

[Asset]

They are only disappointed as it means they have to re-open the case and do some more work

[HonaloochieB]

His convition always seemed iffy. This was a ruthless and seemingly planned execution style murder which took place in daylight. Given George's health and alleged general inability to organise his life it never seemed likely he would have the nous to pull it off.

A weird bloke and a nuisance, certainly but a killer, I don't think so.

[EDOldie]

Or not. Very suspicious I say. Closing case

[bon3yard]

It did seem to hark back to the good old practice of rounding up the village idiot pending the appearance of an actual real suspect. It all seems a bit shoddy and undercooked to me.

[SeanMacGabhann]

still trust these people with access to all your information?

[Sue]

OK, opening up the floodgates, what about the Maddy case?

(I'm obsessed, rofl :)))

[Michael Palaeologus]

I agree with the general feeling that this was an example of lazy Police, pressurised by the media, picking on the village idiot.

Thankfully we dont have the death penalty.

[lordship_bod]

I agree with tony.suburbs the alibi of "it couldnt of been me gov, i was stalking someone else at the time" hardly makes me want to have this bloke back in society although take on board that this individual is rather complex etc etc... how do people feel about his compensation claim? i accept the man has lost 8 years of his life and there has been a miscarriage of justice but possibly half million? i read somewhere that the formula takes into account loss of earnings and emotional distress etc... i'd like to know what he did for a living....

[Cassius]

I don't suppose his cv will end up on the top of any piles though, so perhaps its partly for potential loss of earnings (for the next 17 years) as well.

[ratty]

Dunno what he did for a living but if I had done 8 years inside for murder that I did not do I would want a darn site more than ?500k. Have you ever been inside a prison? Dunno which one he was in but I have been in Pentonville and the Scrubs (professionally, not as an inmate) and they are fooking horrible places!

I always thought it a little too convenient that they arrested the local weirdo for this one. I guess we will never know the truth though.

[pk]

lordship_bod Wrote:

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> I agree with tony.suburbs the alibi of "it couldnt

> of been me gov, i was stalking someone else at the

> time" hardly makes me want to have this bloke back

> in society although take on board that this

> individual is rather complex etc etc... how do

> people feel about his compensation claim? i accept

> the man has lost 8 years of his life and there has

> been a miscarriage of justice but possibly half

> million? i read somewhere that the formula takes

> into account loss of earnings and emotional

> distress etc... i'd like to know what he did for a

> living....

how much would it take for you to spend the next 8 years in prison?

i wouldn't do it for half a million

[HonaloochieB]

There was also ?250,000 being talked about. The final figure may well be in between the two. Or it may not. Speculating about it at this stage seems pointless. Doing 8 years inside for a crime you've not done must be unimaginable.

Regardless of what he might have earned in the time, he deserves compensation for what he went through.

Still he's obviously started to seek charitable donations from the News Of The World and Sky TV.

Good to see Rupert Murdoch doing his bit.

[lordship_bod]

dunno...i might consider it at half a million... i hate my job... (ok ok its only meant as tongue and cheek before people start PMing with abuse! ;-))

[Jimbob]

1/2 a mil i,d earn more than that in 8 years, still 8 years doing nothing,own en suite room, tv, free food cooked for me ,no washing up, free gym membership, not a bad deal.

[lordship_bod]

i might also add tax free... (you dont pay tax on compo right?)

[Jah Lush]

Just don't bend down in the showers to pick up the soap.

[Jimbob]

don,t know jah, there,s some might consider that a perk.

[Moos]

Whoa there...

[SteveT]

In the trade it is called, being framed, fitted up, put any sap in to release us to nick motorists and cigar butt droppers.

I remember having a conversation about this case when they stated they had found 'a loner' and Barry George fell into the hands of the police and from that moment he was gonna be 'it'.

Conveniently forgetting that one third of the population live alone, and are 'loners'.

He was a simple mark who had no help from any source except his solicitor, but he is not mentioned, why(?)

Is this another case where the solicitor and/or court is unfit for purpose(?)

British justice in this case, and most of the cases that Charles Dickens wrote about

from Pickwick Papers to Bleak House, just stinks.