Well, if I'm charging a series of shoplifting offences, I'm only going to charge the person who was actually present and able to have done it for the crimes. I'm not going to charge them for when a staff member broke a case, or when a display was blown over by the wind. Why would they bring up events in court which obviously had nothing to go with her? That's what the review process is for, for assessing cases and determining if there is anything to be answered for. The trial was already so many months long, would you have them flood it with cases determined to have nothing to do with Letby's actions?
MOO
Let us discuss the case you used, shoplifting offenses.
Initially, we don’t know anything about the shoplifter. All we have is the fact of an expensive pair of earrings disappearing.
Who could be the culprit? That day we had: a stylish lady looking for a pair of diamond earrings and buying nothing. It could be a fit man with tattoos who stands close to the showcase, and, too, buys nothing. There is also a new salesgirl in the shop.
Who did it?
Now the way you look at the situation, you’d probably first check the tattooed man. He doesn’t look like he frequents the jewelry store. He is too trim and has tattoos. Choosing him is called “profiling”.
Well, he looks like he could have done it, but in fact. he in not culpable. He plays for my city’s famous sports team that just won…his contract is worth millions. In fact, he was looking for a Valentine gift for his fiancée.
Well, then, the next logical choice is that lonely lady who came without a specific plan and looked awkward? Well, she was just promoted and came to reward herself with a gift.
After that, you start suspecting the sales girl. Her back closes the camera, she’s new, surely she did it, right? Who else did?
In fact, none of the three. The culprit is the store owner. He insured the earrings for the maximum cost. He doesn’t need to open the showcase. He just opens the safe with the jewelry, takes out the earrings, locks the safe and leaves.
He’ll later sell the stones at a discount to someone he knows. He’ll get the money from the insurance company.
But whether you focus on the shoppers or the salesgirl, the true culprit will escape.
Happened many times in industry,
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