In a sense, the history of man is the history of murder. From the time the first hominid knowingly, and with malice aforethought, whacked another hominid
By Neil Hickman2021-04-29T11:10:00+01:00
With the quashing of the convictions of 39 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses, and the Post Office promising to compensate all those who lost money, reputation, and more in the Horizon scandal, we are no doubt due for another of the regular orgies of self-congratulation about the Wonders of British Justice.
Forgive me if I do not join in the rejoicing. It seems to me that a familiar script is playing out.
The Post Office fought tooth and nail to avoid accepting that there could be any problem with the Horizon accounting system, to the extent that the judge in the High Court, Mr Justice Fraser, remarked in exasperation that the Post Office’s approach was the 21st century equivalent of maintaining that the earth is flat .
By Neil Hickman2021-04-29T11:10:00+01:00
With the quashing of the convictions of 39 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses, and the Post Office promising to compensate all those who lost money, reputation, and more in the Horizon scandal, we are no doubt due for another of the regular orgies of self-congratulation about the Wonders of British Justice.
Forgive me if I do not join in the rejoicing. It seems to me that a familiar script is playing out.
The Post Office fought tooth and nail to avoid accepting that there could be any problem with the Horizon accounting system, to the extent that the judge in the High Court, Mr Justice Fraser, remarked in exasperation that the Post Office’s approach was the 21st century equivalent of maintaining that the earth is flat .
Foul smell unmasked Australia s âhellishâ baby farmers In a string of houses in the inner west lies a dark secret that left 13 tiny babies dead and revealed the âhellishâ black market that plagued colonial Sydney.
Crime by Gillian McNally
Premium Content It was the plumbing in a Sydney terrace that gave John and Sarah Makin away. On October 11, 1892, workers laying drains in the backyard of a house in Burren St, Macdonaldtown, found two bundles of foul-smelling clothing. The first was dismissed as a dead cat but when they unfurled the second, they saw the remains of a tiny infant. Police were called and officers spent days digging up the yard.
Foul smell unmasked Australia s âhellishâ baby farmers In a string of houses in the inner west lies a dark secret that left 13 tiny babies dead and revealed the âhellishâ black market that plagued colonial Sydney.
Crime by Gillian McNally
Premium Content It was the plumbing in a Sydney terrace that gave John and Sarah Makin away. On October 11, 1892, workers laying drains in the backyard of a house in Burren St, Macdonaldtown, found two bundles of foul-smelling clothing. The first was dismissed as a dead cat but when they unfurled the second, they saw the remains of a tiny infant. Police were called and officers spent days digging up the yard.