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Deepinder Cheema
Deepinder Cheema
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Edited Jul 29, 2014, 02:41
Re: Ian Tomlinson cop: no charges
Jul 26, 2010, 16:19
This matter is being debated right now in the House of Commons. Dominic Grieve the Attorney General is explaining by what parameters the CPS have been constrained in reaching their decision. He has fully acknowledged the consternation and the disquiet by this case, as typically seen here on this forum. There have been very demanding questions put to him by Diane Abbott, Maria Eagle, Jeremy Corbin, and others.

It is clear that the notion of Justice being seen to be done is paramount in his brain, and he will look at the upcoming Inquest and hopefully Judicial review with great interest.

Mention has been made of Dr Patel the Pathologist. Greave has stated that Patel who has been acknowledged generally as incompetent was appointed by the Coroner so the CPS cannot be blamed for this cock up, the Coroner exercising their own independent judgement. It has also been pointed out that a victim of the Camden Ripper was judged to have died of a Heart attack by Dr Patel. Greave certainly seems to be batting away the concerns put to him by his honourable friends. I can see there is a legal argument how difficult it will be to prove that Ian Tomlinson died from something that may or may not have been as a direct result of a such a brutal assault, but you can make a thing as difficult or as easy as you want to, as the whole of medical science finds it difficult to find causal links, that's why a science based on evidence such as epidemiology exists. The CPS have brought loads of charges against the public with little or no realistic hope of a conviction, a few years ago for example against a Met officer whom they disliked, and he won. All this because someone had a camera pointing at the Police.
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