Jacko et al
Desparado has said it more eloquently than me: the issue here is actually not whether BAES is innocent or not: that would come out of an impartial enquiry, and as has been pointed out, BAES is innocent until proven guilty.
The issue is that the former PM applied pressure to an independent judicial process inappropriately and the court rightly slammed him for his conduct. The fact that the SFO had been working for two years on this is irrelevant - it's a complex enquiry which some people had apparently been trying to stymie at every juncture, so it's not a big surprise that the investigation was protracted.
And it's possible that the Saudis may learn something about the rule of law from this too - if so, all the better.
Bravo to the Judges for upholding the rule of law - and as has been said before - if BAES are innocent, then they are the one with the most to gain from being cleared by the SFO. Let's hope that the Court's order in a couple of weeks is as forthright as the judgement: "SFO, crack on!"
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