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    Vinty reacted to blup's post in the thread Soldier F. with Thanks Thanks.
    There is a case generally for criminal offences in the UK to have a statute of limitations, as in European countries and America...
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    Vinty replied to the thread Soldier F..
    That's true but you can't accuse just anyone without enough evidence to justify the prosecution in the first case. This soldier F is...
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    Vinty replied to the thread Soldier F..
    At the time the authorities had no choice but to use the army to support the police. The police are trained to police civilian society...
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    Vinty replied to the thread Soldier F..
    That's true. Soldiering and policing are two separate disciplines. Soldiers don't make good policemen.
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    Vinty replied to the thread Soldier F..
    At the time the police were stretched to breaking point investigating IRA murders and bombings which were happening every day.
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    Vinty replied to the thread Soldier F..
    90% of the deaths in N.Ireland were caused by terrorists. In Gaza over 90% of deaths are caused by the IDF. The British army were in...
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    Vinty replied to the thread Soldier F..
    The decision to prosecute was made in 2019 but was dropped, for some reason it was reopened in 2022 even though evidentially nothing had...
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    Vinty replied to the thread Soldier F..
    That is the problem, bringing prosecutions against ex soldiers without a realistic chance of a conviction brings the judicial system...
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    Vinty replied to the thread Soldier F..
    As I have pointed out before, the Judge who acquitted the veteren , said that the evidence presented by the prosecution fell well short...
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    Vinty replied to the thread Soldier F..
    He didn't get away with murder , a trial was held and the judge acquitted him. The Judge said that evidence against the veteren fell...
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    Vinty reacted to Notch7's post in the thread Soldier F. with Thanks Thanks.
    I don’t understand why Northern Ireland the country should need justice If you mean the families concerned, I can understand that...
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    Vinty reacted to Notch7's post in the thread Soldier F. with Thanks Thanks.
    Are you aving a laff? The IRA were brutal terrorists and involved in organised crime such as protection rackets.
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    Vinty replied to the thread Soldier F..
    It was justice for the accused, he was victim of a malicious prosecution.
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    Vinty posted the thread Soldier F. in General Discussion.
    https://news.sky.com/story/paratrooper-known-as-soldier-f-not-guilty-of-bloody-sunday-murders-1345513 Result Justice has been served.
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    Starmers, one out, one in policy, is now one out, one in, and one back again on the next boat. Iranian bloke deported under the scheme...
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