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This mean that the single most expensive police case in the history of UK will have an end. It will be interesting to see the final price tag in respect to the
by belorn 8y ago
This mean that the single most expensive police case in the history of UK will have an end. It will be interesting to see the final price tag in respect to the final verdict.
- hardlianotion 8y agoWhich is strange as the UK had little skin in the game to begin with
- rudiv 8y agoI think trying to maintain the 'special relationship' is their skin in the game.
- DyslexicAtheist 8y agothe word lapdog or poodle comes to mind.
- foldr 8y agoThe state can't be seen to wink at skipping bail, or everyone would be doing it. I don't think you need to look for any deeper explanation than that.
- hardlianotion 8y agoAgreed. But it is ironic.
- belorn 8y agoThat is a nice sentiment but I would like see the police budget if they start to spend the same amount of resources on all bail skips. Everyone being equal within the eyes of the law. The police budget for the Assange case was about £3.5m per year. That is a lot of money which could be used in order to address other areas which the police is accused of turning a blind eye to.
- foldr 8y agoYes, because the Assange case was in the public eye. It's particularly important to uphold the law when everyone is looking. If spending more resources for that reason conflicts with your ideals, then that's not a point I'm looking to argue here. My point is just that it doesn't take a conspiracy theory to explain why the UK was willing to spend this much money. Consider for example all the money that the police spent looking for Madeline Mcann (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-madeleine-mccann-search-operation-grange-funding-money-a8275351.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-madel...). Was she any more important than any other missing child? Not really. Was there a geopolitical motive? Obviously not. But hey, she was in the news.
- bubblewrap 8y agoApparently (according to other comment), all for the crime of jumping bail, with a maximum sentence of 2 years.
- newsgremlin 8y agoAll that just to charge him with skipping bail. It's not even a question on whether he will be extradited to the US.
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- rlpb 8y agoI wonder if the expense was solely borne by the UK taxpayer or if foreign interests helped finance it.
- guitarbill 8y agoObviously the tax payer. If there was any payments from foreign interests, they're more likely to end up in a Cayman Island bank account than HMRC's coffers.
- newsgremlin 8y agoLet's just say the UK taxpayer is paying to keep a "special relationship". Whatever the real value of that is to citizens will remain a mystery.
- conradfr 8y agoMeanwhile the reported Brexit will cost 6 billions euros in additional membership fees.