Scales of Justice
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steepholmSome figures in the news in recent days...
The British Government is to pay Sami al-Saadi £2.2 million for having helped send him to Gadaffi's Lybia.
The BBC paid Lord McAlpine £185,000 for indirectly implying that he was a paedophile.
The Metropolitan Police are paying £15,000 to a victim of child rape whose case they handled so badly that a judge labelled the investigation a "disgrace" (apparently they had decided that car crime was a greater priority). If she had taken them to court she could only have expected to win about £5,000...
...which is 2,160 time less than Rebekah Brooks received as a payoff from News International.
The British Government is to pay Sami al-Saadi £2.2 million for having helped send him to Gadaffi's Lybia.
The BBC paid Lord McAlpine £185,000 for indirectly implying that he was a paedophile.
The Metropolitan Police are paying £15,000 to a victim of child rape whose case they handled so badly that a judge labelled the investigation a "disgrace" (apparently they had decided that car crime was a greater priority). If she had taken them to court she could only have expected to win about £5,000...
...which is 2,160 time less than Rebekah Brooks received as a payoff from News International.
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Date: 2012-12-13 04:03 pm (UTC)Sigh :o(
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Date: 2012-12-13 04:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-12-13 10:24 pm (UTC)