Pr00ne,
just as well then, that you are not now in a profession where accurate use of vocabulary is important. "Quosh" versus Pardon.
When the double jeopardy law was dropped in 2005, an 800 year old law which prevented being prosecuted twice for the same offence, the intent was to allow one more trial only if new and compelling evidence is produced. Not the eight attempts now being made against a major who has been cleared on each occasion.

Perhaps your use of the word "quosh" may have been deliberate as that is defined in the urban dictionary as "When something goes crazy,or is rabid, and attacks you". I would imagine that is exactly what the major feels is happening to him.

I would prefer the PM to quash any further investigations.

cynacalint,

Get over yourself, this is a rumour site on the web and NOTHING matters here, especially typos and spelling errors....

The military are the ones pursuing the case, I guess they must have a reason?

Well, obviously there's a reason. But is that reason just, moral, professionally based and non-political?

We don't publicly know, but eight (EIGHT!) bites at the cherry don't inspire confidence.

"Justice seen to be done", and all that.

cl00wne,
of course you are perfectly correct. Spelling and typos are not important, ever.
This website is not serious and nothing on here is important, which is why you post meaningful, passionate and controversial comments.

It maybe a reason that the MOD cannot be seen to have been wrong and are frantically chasing an outcome to suit themselves.

I think that Shiner's downfall perfectly illustrates the eventual futility of chasing cases like this and he brings the whole legal profession into an unwelcome disrepute,

BUT, even you,as a legal expert, barrister etc.must see the injustice of EIGHT inquiries

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The eight attempts at prosecuting this Major has all the hallmarks of a fairly trivial case aganst a civil pilot about thirty years back.

The pilot won the case in the magistrates court but the police appealed, at this point BALPA got involves because a conviction would have ended the pilots career.

The police lost in all the courts up to the House of Lords and the law lords arrived at the opinion that the police just kept pushing the case up the leagal system because they did not want to back down and would win when the pilot ran out of money to defend himself.

The case aganst this Major has the same smell to it with the MoD playing with tax payers money and a bruised ego because they failed to get the guy on the previous seven occasions.

I fail to see how after seven enquiries an eighth attempt at prosecuting this guy is in the public lnterest.

In my simple world the Ministry of Defence should be on the same side as soldiers as a default position.
Naive to a fault no doubt.

I believe all this talk of pardons and 'quashing'to be irrelevant. As I understand it there is no prospect of Major Campbell being prosecuted the final decision being taken last year. He has now been called to give evidence to the Iraq Fatal Investigations Inquiry from which no prosecution can follow? This has been established as HMG have to carry out investigations into potential war crimes to satisfy our obligations to the International Court of Human Rights.

The issue here isn't that Major Campbell was investigated initially by the RMP and now has to give evidence at an inquiry. The issue is that it has taken 14 years so far, 8 separate agencies have looked into the case and he has been utterly let down by successive governments and the MoD. And they wonder why experience is walking out of the door!

This article implies a different scenario to your opening paragraph..... now I know its the daily fail and so not reliable ... however .... :(

Army Major facing probe over death of Iraqi teen | Daily Mail Online

Omega I think The Mail has worded its article carefully to appeal to its core readership without being totally untruthful. From the IFI website: ‘The IFI are not concerned with determining criminal or civil liability.’ I believe the MoD have confirmed this. Still doesn’t detract from the appalling treatment Major Campbell and others have had to put up with.
http://www.iraq-judicial-investigations.org/

(Looks out of the window for a large black Vauxhall with men in dark suits!)

I couldn't agree more ..



And I cudn't agree less.. Eny fule no that the Ministry of Daftness canot be seen to be rong or emmbarras it'self.

And eny fule no that to make your point effectively on a written forum it helps to be able to spell and use grammar at least reasonably well.

As to the rest of what you seem to be trying to say ... I'm thinking of a word but can't remember how to spell it .. twonk? or is it twunt? Someone help me out please ...

CS

prOOne, I think you should watch this short but very edifying video.

You should especially like the bit from 1'06" to 1'17"

The Ministry of Defence is THE main prosecutor of soldiers,sailors and airmen, always has been and always will be.

Jeez...

Come back with the facts.
Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry.

Got to nail someone !
 

It’s not much of an enquiry if you can’t find anyone to blame, after all it looks to the left wingers and the press like a white wash.

But what if there is no one to blame ?.......... Quick guys we better find someone to justify all the expense of the enquiry and our fees !

Fair to say, rights of prosecutors and creditors (not strictly relevant) under current insolvency legislation won’t help him much.

Inquiry !
:cool:

I fear that the issue is the perception that Shiner is not being pursued with the same vigour that applied to his “victims “.

YS

Some good news, knocking the shine off a Shiner
 

He is up in court on fraud charges re the false claims against the Iraq War Veterans

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...fb5f391d03b946

Let's hope he does time.

Good.

Hope that he gets all that he deserves.

Colchester would be good (if it still exists).

Mog