SteH
12-09-2007, 07:45 PM
Its beyond belief sometimes that the police and CPS can run down a certain route, maybe out of desperation to secure a conviction, maybe out of incompetence.
The two lads who stood trial are not nice people but as the judge said, just because they have photos of weapons in their phones doesnt mean they are capable of shooting a woman and setting her alight. The basis of the case for the prosecution seems to be that one of these lads brother was killed by a car in which Lucy's boyfriend - the intended target - was a passenger 12 years ago and they spoke on the phone to each other after the murder.
This weekends Echo describes how Lucy's boyfriend had upset a few people in the local area and just two days before the murder had set somebody's sofa on fire in retaliation to being punched in the face a month before. It seesm strange the police havent looked too much down this route, although it could be because the boyfriend told them enough to try and build a case against the other two.
The long and short of it is because of this wasted trial a killer that left 3 children without a mother is still walking the streets 2 years on and thats horrendous.
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/12/08/lucy-hargreaves-pair-cleared-of-her-murder-64375-20221084/
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=lucy-hargreaves-police-make-new-appeal-after-case-collapses%26method=full%26objectid=20222442%26site id=50061-name_page.html
The two lads who stood trial are not nice people but as the judge said, just because they have photos of weapons in their phones doesnt mean they are capable of shooting a woman and setting her alight. The basis of the case for the prosecution seems to be that one of these lads brother was killed by a car in which Lucy's boyfriend - the intended target - was a passenger 12 years ago and they spoke on the phone to each other after the murder.
This weekends Echo describes how Lucy's boyfriend had upset a few people in the local area and just two days before the murder had set somebody's sofa on fire in retaliation to being punched in the face a month before. It seesm strange the police havent looked too much down this route, although it could be because the boyfriend told them enough to try and build a case against the other two.
The long and short of it is because of this wasted trial a killer that left 3 children without a mother is still walking the streets 2 years on and thats horrendous.
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/12/08/lucy-hargreaves-pair-cleared-of-her-murder-64375-20221084/
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=lucy-hargreaves-police-make-new-appeal-after-case-collapses%26method=full%26objectid=20222442%26site id=50061-name_page.html