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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE
Just seen a report on the news about the children found alone in the house fire. The thing that I find unbelievable is the mother is under arrest on "SUSPISCION of child abuse/neglect". She is damn well guilty because she left them children alone!!!
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I haven't seen this story yet but 'on suspicion of' is a standard phrase used initially because the accused has not been convicted of a crime.
When they have had a trial and been found guilty then we can say 'guilty' but until then they are only on suspicion.
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Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs, cackling and telling me
'You'll be next.' They stopped when I started doing the same to them at funerals.
