On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:41:27 +0000, David Hansen
 wrote:

>On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:27:37 +0000 someone who may be Charles Ellson
> wrote this:-
>
>>That would require the prosecution to prove an intention to kill. The
>>more appropriate offence of reckless and culpable conduct (which IMU
>>does not require "wicked intent" but knowledge of the harm that might
>>follow from an act) still involves a possible sentence of life
>>imprisonment whatever happens to the victim. Haven't we explained this
>>before ?
>
>I'll stick with attempted murder thank you, on the grounds that the
>conduct was so reckless that the person didn't care whether someone
>lived or died.
>
The Procurator Fiscal doesn't agree with you either :-
"Peter Wallace, 23, was charged with culpable and reckless conduct....
made no plea and was bailed."
[Daily Record 3 Nov 2009]

On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:42:58 +0000 someone who may be Charles Ellson
 wrote this:-

>The Procurator Fiscal doesn't agree with you either

Government officials who run prosecutions are frequently criticised
for going for a charge they feel they can easily get a conviction
for, rather than the appropriate charge.



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David Hansen wrote:

> On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:42:58 +0000 someone who may be Charles Ellson
>  wrote this:-
> 
>>The Procurator Fiscal doesn't agree with you either
> 
> Government officials who run prosecutions are frequently criticised
> for going for a charge they feel they can easily get a conviction
> for, rather than the appropriate charge.

Sadly, it is not a requirement for making criticisms of that nature that
people must know what they are talking about.

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On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:35:47 +0000 someone who may be Chris  Tolley
<cj.tolley@bogus.co.uk (ukonline really)> wrote this:-

>> Government officials who run prosecutions are frequently criticised
>> for going for a charge they feel they can easily get a conviction
>> for, rather than the appropriate charge.
>
>Sadly, it is not a requirement for making criticisms of that nature that
>people must know what they are talking about.

If the criticism had been made by me alone then you would have a
point. However, the criticism has been made by a large range of
people. 



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