The End of the Affair

[steepholm]

The Chris Jefferies affair, that is - as blogged about previously here. Two cheers, I suppose. (Is "monster" often used as a transitive verb, though? There was no sense that his lawyer was aware that he was coining a phrase.)

In not very related matters, I'm becoming irritated all over again that the media can't make up their mind whether Winterbourne View is "in Bristol" or "near Bristol". In fact, it's in South Gloucestershire. I realise this isn't the most important facet of the story, but they've had long enough by now to get it right. If something bad had happened in Hammersmith, would they keep reporting it as being "in Chelsea" (or "near Chelsea" at best)? The odd thing is that no one ever describes J. K. Rowling (late of Winterbourne) as a Bristol author.

Comments

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

It seems that his main crime was Looking Wierd While Being A Member of the Teaching Profession. I'm glad they paid up.

[ron-broxted.livejournal.com]

Jefferies did himself no favours but witch hunting was banned in 1711!

[sheenaghpugh]

In what sense exactly did he do himself no favours? He did nothing I can think of that could legitimately have cast suspicion on him. I wish he could have bankrupted the lying bastards.

[ron-broxted.livejournal.com]

When one is involved in a Murder Enquiry it is bordering on plain fucking stupid to give a statement to plod saying you saw a man then IN FRONT OF MILLIONS state that you did not, just to look "big". I too wish he could have bankrupted them. Humans being what they are will always pejoratively judge the "odd".

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Yet another facet of this whole present media furore and it's high time connections began to be made in this regard.