Barry George

Platapus · 08-01-08, 02:59 PM

Don't have access to the court files so I can't say whether this is good or bad.

If he was innocent, then I am glad the appeal process worked...

But if he was innocent, there is still Jill's killer out there.

SUBMAN1 · 08-01-08, 03:13 PM

Regardless, this guy sounds like a whacko whether he did it or not! Stalking women?

-S

Jimbuna · 08-01-08, 03:28 PM

Big difference between stalking and murder though.

jumpy · 08-01-08, 03:41 PM

He certainly seemed the 'plausible' type. But some of the police forensic conclusions were circumstantial at best.
I am drawn by the statements that the killing was planned to a degree and with so little evidence left at the scene, mr george may well not have had the smarts to accomplish such a thing without leaving more identifiable material linking him to the case than was actually found.

So public a case where if he truly is innocent, the police will have blundered and damaged their own reputation, I wonder if their further consideration will be linked to keeping a rather close eye on george just in case they can still pin it on him and thus save face.
It was never going to be an open and shut case with so many of the key points leading to a firm conviction being circumstantial.

FIREWALL · 08-01-08, 03:53 PM

In the UK can he be tried again after being found not guilty ?

Jimbuna · 08-01-08, 04:31 PM

Yes...if further/new evidence comes to light

XabbaRus · 08-01-08, 04:36 PM

call it a hunch but I had a bad feeling about her finace..Something didn't ring true.

However considering the nature of teh hit, ie very clean, Barry having only a 75 IQ there are suspicions that it was either A) Some Serb people high up who she had exposed or B) Some criminals she had exposed on crimewatch.

From reading what is available I think the right decision was made today.

08-01-08, 02:59 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,386 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Don't have access to the court files so I can't say whether this is good or bad. If he was innocent, then I am glad the appeal process worked... But if he was innocent, there is still Jill's killer out there. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-01-08, 03:13 PM	#2
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Regardless, this guy sounds like a whacko whether he did it or not! Stalking women? -S __________________

08-01-08, 03:28 PM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,770 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Big difference between stalking and murder though. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-01-08, 03:41 PM	#4
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	He certainly seemed the 'plausible' type. But some of the police forensic conclusions were circumstantial at best. I am drawn by the statements that the killing was planned to a degree and with so little evidence left at the scene, mr george may well not have had the smarts to accomplish such a thing without leaving more identifiable material linking him to the case than was actually found. So public a case where if he truly is innocent, the police will have blundered and damaged their own reputation, I wonder if their further consideration will be linked to keeping a rather close eye on george just in case they can still pin it on him and thus save face. It was never going to be an open and shut case with so many of the key points leading to a firm conviction being circumstantial. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

08-01-08, 03:53 PM	#5
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	In the UK can he be tried again after being found not guilty ? __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

08-01-08, 04:31 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,770 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Yes...if further/new evidence comes to light __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-01-08, 04:36 PM	#7
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	call it a hunch but I had a bad feeling about her finace..Something didn't ring true. However considering the nature of teh hit, ie very clean, Barry having only a 75 IQ there are suspicions that it was either A) Some Serb people high up who she had exposed or B) Some criminals she had exposed on crimewatch. From reading what is available I think the right decision was made today. __________________

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