One of the nicest (and most honest) people I've met suffered appallingly and friends tell me it has destroyed him. He sued Yorkshire Police who (as all British police do) paid up to close matters and avoid further examination. With our monies - including Cliff's (whose tax monies over the year may have funded our entire national Police Force). He is still suing the BBC (who will pay with money from our - and Cliff's - licence fees). The publicity, as always, provoked numerous other chancers, many of whom turned out to be criminals, some still in prison. The False Allegations Industry has successfully destroyed singers, DJ's, actors, Film Producers, Politicians (dead and alive), Sports stars, Priests, Doctors, Care Workers, Foster Parents... Yes; amongst the many innocents are a few guilty. Most convicted, like DLT and myself, were guilty of something but not the crimes exaggerated. Still the law and police continue to assist, provoke and believe false accusers. When will this stop?

180 views for this thread in 5 minutes!

met Cliff twice..what you see is what you get. An extremely nice and genuine person committed to his faith which many evil people have used against him.

My worry is that, as usual, concentration on details will deflect seeing the bigger picture. Trials collapsing due to "technical" reasons (i.e. failure to disclose)? Yes, all very well, but how about the thousands wrongly convicted? Ruined lives. Many still locked up. Families destroyed. It affects the entire country sometimes (me and EMI 18 years ago; I am absolutely certain the UK lost billions, not millions, when EMI collapsed, was sold off, failed to bring millions to Britain).

Most of all, spotting these "technical flaws" will not correct the dangerously wrong laws (one person's uncorroborated word is enough evidence to convict). It will not correct the police behaviour where officers knowingly and deliberately assist, provoke or encourage criminality. Many senior cops MUST be prosecuted for MALFEASANCE IN PUBLIC OFFICE. They must be jailed if guilty. They must have pensions removed. They must return monies earned whilst conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

And this must happen NOW.

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Most of all, spotting these "technical flaws" will not correct the dangerously wrong laws (one person's uncorroborated word is enough evidence to convict). It will not correct the police behaviour where officers knowingly and deliberately assist, provoke or encourage criminality. Many senior cops MUST be prosecuted for MALFEASANCE IN PUBLIC OFFICE. They must be jailed if guilty. They must have pensions removed. They must return monies earned whilst conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

And this must happen NOW.

Totally agree. But the details and the big picture are sometimes one and the same.

Police are required by law to follow all reasonable lines of enquiry. When they "investigate" a rape complaint and DON'T look at text messages between the two parties even when it's suggested to them by the suspect that they should they are not performing the function that the law has set for them.

Wow; thousands of people seem to have read this thread with the Malfeasance comment getting huge approval; I do hope those in power are aware of public feeling.

We are getting close to novelists like Agatha Christie being jailed for encouraging or assisting murder by writing about it.