Coronation St star not guilty

[frankthring]

As I predicted, Le Vell has walked free from his dozen or so child abuse and
rape charges. It took the jury apparently just five mins to bring in their
verdict, which implies the evidence against him was shaky, and it cost you
- the taxpayer - several millions. Personally I hope the CPS will now see
that they cannot accuse just about every performer they fancy of serious
sex crimes based on hearsay that is years old. Be interesting to see what
happens with the several other TV celebs who have pending trials.

[Jonone]

The CPS said something like when they reconsidered the case for a second time there was sufficient evidence to bring it to court. I still don't see that anything we might understand as evidence was presented in court.

[Arginald Valleywater]

LeVell getting off might slow down the witch hunt against every male TV star who ever went within 20 yards of a teenager.

[cockneygeezer2009]

"As I predicted, Le Vell has walked free from his dozen or so child abuse and
rape charges. It took the jury apparently just five mins to bring in their
verdict, which implies the evidence against him was shaky, and it cost you
- the taxpayer - several millions".

Hmmm. I heard the jury took four hours to make their deliberations. As for it costing millions where did you see the financial breakdown of court costs in this case? All court cases cost of lot of money whether people are found guilty or not guilty.

"Which implies the evidence against him was shaky"

The jury found that he couldn't be guilty beyond all reasonable doubt or something like that.

[cockneygeezer2009]

"Which implies the evidence against him was shaky"

What's Shakin' Stevens got to do with it.

[bernard72]

"LeVell getting off"
No numpty he was found not guilty, he did not get off.

[cockneygeezer2009]

Did these alleged offences take place behind a 'Green Door'.

[socatoa]

Come out of it smelling of rosie

[Essex Lad]

frankthring wrote:

>
> As I predicted, Le Vell has walked free from his dozen or so
> child abuse and
> rape charges. It took the jury apparently just five mins to
> bring in their
> verdict,

It took them five HOURS.

[frankthring]

Two people have commented it took the jury five hours and not my five mins.
I certainly read this on the DT website within mins of the verdict being
delivered, but this can easily have been a typo error. I fail to see it changes
things much. Within a few hours (or mins, 300 at most) a jury found him not
guilty. My point was that it will be interesting in the light of this case to see
how the other "paedophile-celebrity" bevy of cases pan out. The CPS may not
have it all on their own way and legal actions that started to resemble a
"witch-hunt" might evaporate, as so often when Public Morality gets its British
knickers in a twist, back into the ether.