Recent content by peter010101

July 11th arrest: ".... arresting you on suspicion of the murder of Helen Bailey". Apart from the shock of being arrested there would (to an innocent person) be the additional shock of learning that Helen was not missing but dead, and indeed murdered. His response, "you're joking", seems...

I too was reminded of Shipman: another chap who seemed to think he was cleverer than anyone around him, while demonstrating beyond doubt that he was decidedly dirt-dumb.

I too was reminded of Shipman: another chap who seemed to think he was cleverer than anyone around him, while demonstrating beyond doubt that he was decidedly dirt-dumb.

Thanks for the noble lines of Scott, Florrie.

I did a double-take there, thinking for a few seconds that she'd been given a yacht! Speed-reading can lead to misunderstanding, in many ways :-) (Ok i guess it was my speed-thinking :-))

I wonder whether he was required to lose the beard. If not, it was a dumb move on his part. Unmasked, almost literally.

(counsellor) > he loved dogs !!?!??!!!

> > Hm, throwing his beans out of the pram. > Or out of the can?! Ooh, you are awful, y'all. :-)

As has been noted, he was a cringe-inducingly pants actor when it came to "I am not guilty in any way". By contrast, he was effective at "I am an affable, cuddlesome, straight-up and down-to-earth kind of guy, in many ways". His employment of a beard helped in that. In the post-beard...

Regarding the sons, it would be interesting to know over what time-scale their views evolved. Oliver visited IS in prison, Jamie didn't. From responses in court to Mr Trimmer it sounded like Oliver was still with IS, but Jamie wasn't. I'd imagine they've both disowned him by now.

Well pointed out.

Something that i am interested - sorry, i mean curious - to know: how is liability for defense costs affected by the choice of an expensive counsel a) in the case of conviction b) in the case of acquittal.

Money which could have gone to his sons.

Your request for summary is optimally timed in fact, hayaletcatcher, coming as it does at the time of the judge's summing up (begun Friday, continuing today, to be concluded tomorrow).

Giving everything except up.