The Manchester Airport Incident

Yeah, I've heard the same thing that the CPS can just take the case off the private prosecution.

Why is it taking so long, who knows, it was delayed initially because of the IPCO investigation that was going on at the same time but that has all gone quiet too.

I'm not sure endless speculation and politicising of the case is helping it and any defence lawyer worth their salt will be pushing the chances of a fair trial are being deminished with the endless speculation on it.

With the footage of it, it seems a no brainer to bring a charge on this, and if required on the reaction of the police officer as they are two separate incidents and charges.

Twitter seems to be awash at the moment with morons who know nothing about law asking dumb questions like "why hasn't the mugshot of someone not convicted not been released" and so on. Some also don't understand the concept of guilty and not guilty pleas.

Having been involved in an ongoing case where the arrest was made in 2018, I know how long this takes as a charge in this case was only made this year and the trial isn't even scheduled for another 12 months.

 

Btw the youtube barrister you link is very very good. Well worth a listen for a proper idea regarding what is happening.

 

The speed at which the CPS moved with the 'riots' has somewhat distorted things, cases usually take years to get to court now, what with such a backlog in the court system.