I thought he was arrested on the scene. Bizarre plea, in that case, unless he’s just after the theatre a jury trial brings.
Little tosspot wants to drag it out, maybe plead compromised mind. All he’ll do is confirm he should be locked up for good.
It’s easy to plead innocent and change your mind, accept a plea etc.
It’s harder to plead guilty and then suddenly want to switch/negotiate.
That, plus the theatrical element.
Why are we still plastering terrorists faces and names all over the news.
This is another Thomas Mair and quite likely with the same sentencing outcome.
Murder of an elected MP doing their honest constituency business, with the murder possibly (we don’t know yet) underpinned by an ideological cause. Prove all of this in court and that’s a whole life order, and pretend the key never existed once it’s been thrown away.
There’s a lot to be said for summary justice to save this kind of stupidity. As the London Bridge attacker discovered.
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I thought he was arrested on the scene. Bizarre plea, in that case, unless he’s just after the theatre a jury trial brings.
Little tosspot wants to drag it out, maybe plead compromised mind. All he’ll do is confirm he should be locked up for good.
It’s easy to plead innocent and change your mind, accept a plea etc.
It’s harder to plead guilty and then suddenly want to switch/negotiate.
That, plus the theatrical element.
Why are we still plastering terrorists faces and names all over the news.
This is another Thomas Mair and quite likely with the same sentencing outcome.
Murder of an elected MP doing their honest constituency business, with the murder possibly (we don’t know yet) underpinned by an ideological cause. Prove all of this in court and that’s a whole life order, and pretend the key never existed once it’s been thrown away.
There’s a lot to be said for summary justice to save this kind of stupidity. As the London Bridge attacker discovered.