I fully realise that the circumstances around this legal event will interest many who visit this site.
However, the current trial is “live proceedings” and ipso facto is covered by the Contempt of Court Act 1981.
For the avoidance of doubt, I will not moderate any comments on this trial while it is ongoing.
Moreover, I have already “binned” a substantial amount over the last few days.
If anyone tries to repeatedly comment on this trial then their email address will be blocked.
It is quite a simple operation, but I would rather not have to do that.
However,it would appear that some folk, heroically anonymous and bravely concealed, believe that the laws of contempt do not apply to them.
I would recommend that anyone on Twitter should follow James Doleman ( @jamesdoleman ) who is covering the trial.
James is an independent journalist and member of the NUJ.
His court reporting is of the highest standard.
Mr Whyte deserves due process and, of course, he has the presumption of innocence.
The Crown Office has issued a specific warning about this trial apropos comments on social media.
For those of you who are interested in the background to this case then the archive on this blog goes back to the time when the seminal events at dispute took place.
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Well said.
The presumption of innocence and the right to a fair trial are an absolutely basic part of our legal system and rightly so.
It is up to the state to prove a man is guilty. It is not up to him to prove his innocence.
Thanks for the minutes of the latest Sevco meeting.
On this topic, I’ll take the SMSM approach….Trial? What trial?
phil – you allow anyone to post and any ip address is shared.email can be spoofed.
Why not force people to login to post – with a valid email address validation on registration – you capture the ip and the valid email – forcing anonymous people off.. even me! from them on – poster have tracable path back – if needed.
go luck
Phil – is there any truth to the rumours that, in an effort to trim the budget of NASA, the US government have recalibrated the Hubble Telescope used in the research into our universe slowly collapsing into a super-massive black hole, , and instead trained it on the High Court and Ibrox Stadium at this time?
What about a thriller apropos Fergus , looking at history and how grateful every Celtic supporter should be.
it is the best thing you can do, wouldn’t want a contempt charge hanging over you
Got it.
Off the radar is off the menu.
Just hold fire, very sensible, your next book should be explosive,can’t wait, keep up the good work
My next book is a thriller novel.
Published later this year.
The Sevco sequel to Downfall is several years away at this stage.
I look forward to your after trial observations , i’m sure there will be some matters from the proceedings worthy of comment. be lucky John
The universe is unfolding as it should, nano second by nano second.
The best thing to do is just sit back and enjoy the show!