Is it never going to stop?

When I read your post I immediately thought "And drugs?"
And yes, drugs are involved.

Who on earth are these people who are supposed to be our law and decision makers?

It does seem rather endless at the moment.

Best to keep in mind that according to the laws of the U.K. you are innocent until proven guilty.

Someone will be along soon to say that the accuser is probably lying. Not been found guilty yet etc. etc..

Best to keep in mind that according to the laws of the U.K. you are innocent until proven guilty
True.

Ilovecheese

Someone will be along soon to say that the accuser is probably lying. Not been found guilty yet etc. etc..

Which is fair enough.

Sad if it's true. People have the right to be innocent until proven guilty but it's awful if people abuse their position. Unfortunately I can see houses of parliament being rife with this.

if a person has been arrested, then this matter is sub judice.
see contempt of court act 1981, section 1, strict liability rule.
imposes criminal sanctions on both publishers and authors if deemed to have made prejudicial comment.

I thought this thread was going to be about the terrible shootings in America.

I only just saw this on the news. They are not releasing the name. That is as it should be because as others say, innocent until proven guilty.

Well ……. Innocent until proven guilty should not stop this man being named when/if charged

I thought that too maddyone. However another shocking story about an MP! , but he is entitled to be innocent until proven guilty.

Iam64

Well ……. Innocent until proven guilty should not stop this man being named when/if charged

Many men have been named and shamed then subsequently found not guilty, their lives ruined for nothing.

Rape is one of the most difficult charges to prove, especially retrospectively without any physical evidence.

Name him if and when he is found guilty.

It’s Crispin Blunt according to the DM.

The BBC have just named him too.
I do not think people should be named until found guilty.

news.sky.com/story/senior-tory-mp-arrested-on-suspicion-of-rape-and-possession-of-controlled-substances-12993261

Apparently he has said he’s confident that he won’t be charged. We can only wait and see. Many people have been arrested on suspicion of having committed an offence, only to be released without charge.

maddyone

The BBC have just named him too.
I do not think people should be named until found guilty.

According to Sky he named himself. It looks from the article as though somebody was attempting to blackmail him?

People are named, because the police have found that it frequently encourages others who may have been hurt by the named person.

Well I hope if he is innocent it gets rapidly dealt with.

Whitewavemark2

People are named, because the police have found that it frequently encourages others who may have been hurt by the named person.

In fairness he wasn’t named by the police though, he named himself if you read the article. I think there is more to this than meets the eye, although goodness knows what exactly.

The police wouldn’t name anyone before they had (with the approval of the CPS) been charged.

Germanshepherdsmum

The police wouldn’t name anyone before they had (with the approval of the CPS) been charged.

Yes that’s right

Well in fairness Crispin Blunt had no compunction about defending a MP found guilty of assaulting a 15 year old boy so I could say I will behave with the same respect towards him and the law as he did to others.

you do not fear the law ?

GrannyGravy13

It does seem rather endless at the moment.

Best to keep in mind that according to the laws of the U.K. you are innocent until proven guilty.

Quite, gg.