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Trial by TV
Whilst I am repulsed by the death of Poppi Worthington and the horror surrounding the circumstances, I was really uncomfortable watching the bbc news tonight. Showing footage of her father who is alleged to have killed her by a pathologist (contradicted by other medical experts) and who has been accused by a judge also, seems somewhat dodgy to me. Can anyone with better legal knowledge than me explain how
1: the judge can make this decision but the father not face prosecution
2: the news hounds can make similar accusations when nothing has been proven?
Either he is proved to be guilty and they should throw away the key, or he is judged not guilty (probably by a jury either way) and is left alone. Given the record of legal and police mess ups in the past it seems dodgy to be able to treat him this way.
Like I say trial by the media; dodgy in the extreme.
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