The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #166530   Message #4005444
Posted By: Backwoodsman
22-Aug-19 - 02:13 AM
Thread Name: prince andrew
Subject: RE: prince andrew
Mrrrzy - you’re right, but ‘assault’ is not the same thing as ‘sexual abuse’.

The photo Dick’s wittering on about simply shows an older man with his arm around a young girl. It’s nothing more than that - it is evidence that he put his arm around her but, without further corroborating evidence - e.g. a witness-statement and/or a complaint by the girl herself, it is not evidence of assault, and it is absolutely not evidence that he abused her or anyone else.

Dick - you clearly are allowing your dislike of the royal family to cloud your thinking and distort whatever logic you possess. You don’t appear to understand the Rules of Evidence in criminal cases in the UK courts. Here’s a bit of light reading for you to educate yourself - NB especially the sections re: ‘Hearsay’ and ‘Opinions’...

http://www.hse.gov.uk/enforce/enforcementguide/court/rules-key.htm