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Not great behaviour afterwards and sober is it:
"The judge, Mr Recorder David Jeremy QC, called into question whether Robertson had shown 'absolute remorse'.He said: "This is a man who gave a no comment interview, leaving his options open, then only pleaded guilty on the day of trial.
"It's difficult to accept he shows any remorse, let alone absolute remorse. He in effect played the system."
To be fair he probably did exactly what his lawyer told him. Im sure most of us have done something in our lives that we really regret and wish we hadn't done. It's clearly bad whats happened but let's not destroy this bloke for a moment of madness.
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No shock or surprise at a no comment interview, whilst it seems logical one would take an opportunity to defend oneself, with the legal system as it is, always take the advice of your legal team…which would’ve been ‘go no comment’.
The system needs to catch up to some extent, going no comment should not be seen as an admission or guilt nor a lack of remorse.
Of all the players we’ve had though, wouldn’t have put this one in the twit category…
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when you have someone who is pretty drunk part of me thinks the Uber driver may have said something when swerving past him which may have made Gregor retaliate. It then says he ran away from the scene yet was totally drunk he could hardly walk. I think some BS is in there somewhere.
Why did the driver swerve? Gregor didn't suddenly run into the road, he was staggering. Don't pedestrians always have the right of way. He was also close enough the inebriated Scotsman to kick the car. Not condoning what he did, but sounds to me like an incident that could happen to anyone, but usually doesn't go that far.
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Eastendmariner |
January 22, 2022, 10:53am |
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A real shame, always polite and interesting to talk to No excuse for his actions
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No shock or surprise at a no comment interview, whilst it seems logical one would take an opportunity to defend oneself, with the legal system as it is, always take the advice of your legal team…which would’ve been ‘go no comment’.
The system needs to catch up to some extent, going no comment should not be seen as an admission or guilt nor a lack of remorse.
Of all the players we’ve had though, wouldn’t have put this one in the twit category…
The legal system has caught up, it was changed from the way you describe it to the current system in order to allow an inference that people may not be being entirely truthful if they have to wait months and years to get their story straight, rather than being able to explain in the police interview what happened. If there is no good reason for that the judge is able to take that into account and consider they may have been less than truthful and slowed up justice and cost lots of time and money and act accordingly. The system worked as intended.
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On a few occasions I met Gregor at Lincoln services where he used to meet up with Marcus Marshall & Richard Tait before home games, seemed a nice bloke and happy to chat for a bit.
Whether you’re p1ssed or not you just can’t behave in that manner, looks like there’s a chance he could end up in the big house by the sounds of it.
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The legal system has caught up, it was changed from the way you describe it to the current system in order to allow an inference that people may not be being entirely truthful if they have to wait months and years to get their story straight, rather than being able to explain in the police interview what happened. If there is no good reason for that the judge is able to take that into account and consider they may have been less than truthful and slowed up justice and cost lots of time and money and act accordingly. The system worked as intended.
But, as most folk would, he listened to his solicitor. The system may recognise that hold ups are intentional but the system must surely recognise that 99% of folk employ a solicitor for their legal advice and representation. I suspect the full extent of this will never really come out so to speak given its being reported by a newspaper, they’ll always have an angle. You’d fancy that’s his career finished though…
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But, as most folk would, he listened to his solicitor. The system may recognise that hold ups are intentional but the system must surely recognise that 99% of folk employ a solicitor for their legal advice and representation.
I suspect the full extent of this will never really come out so to speak given its being reported by a newspaper, they’ll always have an angle.
You’d fancy that’s his career finished though…
That's why under the current system a legal adviser might be less likely to suggest no comment, they have to take the ramifications into account. It effects that judgement call, and thar was the point.
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I don't see why a "no comment" interview should be held against someone. The police arrest you on suspicion of committing an illegal act. They are not interested in your version of events. They just try to manipulate you into saying something incriminating on tape.
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I don't see why a "no comment" interview should be held against someone. The police arrest you on suspicion of committing an illegal act. They are not interested in your version of events. They just try to manipulate you into saying something incriminating on tape.
Because it's not something an innocent person would do. It gives you time to plan and scheme a lie to deny things. Much harder on the spot when you've just been caught.
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