20 Daniel and Luke
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And Daniel came in second in his final year.
Again Britton was protected from prosecution by implying that his word was to be trusted over our two boys.
18 Responses to “20 Daniel and Luke”
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Nobody implied Britton’s word was to be trusted over the word of your sons. As the police said, they need to make sure they can obtain a conviction. This was one man against the word of two boys with no corroborating witnesses either way. The police could not reasonably expect to succeed in a prosecution so they declined to take it further. It happens all the time and is how police decide whether to prosecute or not - proof beyond reasonable doubt is needed. Your boys may well have been telling the truth but unless there is strong proof, the police would be remiss to charge someone knowing the charge would not succeed.
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17 Private Prosecution proves you and the Police wrong pekette.
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I don’t think they were denying YOU the right to take this on as a civil matter, but THEY (the state) have to have proof beyond reasonable doubt, which although perhaps not beneficial in this case, I’m sure you’d agree is a good thing - how many complaints do you think Britton has laid against you and they’ve told him - Sorry, not enough proof we won’t proceed? We have an overworked police force and court system, they can’t afford to take up time with cases that will be unsuccessful.
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17 Private Prosecution proves you and the Police wrong ZebuQueen.
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No it doesn’t jack - it proves there is a grey area. Public and private prosecution are not unknown to return different results. They criteria that has to be met and satisfied is much lower for private prosecution. Example: OJ Simpson case. He was convicted in a civil trial but not in the state trial.
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No it doesn’t jack - it proves there is a grey area. Public and private prosecution are not unknown to return different results. They criteria that has to be met and satisfied is much lower for private prosecution.
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There you go again displaying your ignorance. The criteria for proof in a CIVIL CLAIM is lower that in a criminal prosecution.
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Thats what I said!!! Where did you learn to read boy??
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This is what you said,
“They criteria that has to be met and satisfied is much lower for private prosecution”
The burden of proof is the same if the police or a private person makes a CRIMINAL prosecution. That is; guilt must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
In a CIVIL action the burdon of proof is judged on the balance of probabilities.
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“We have an overworked police force and court system, they can’t afford to take up time with cases that will be unsuccessful.”
ZebuQueen
That didn’t deter them from trying to nail me FIVE times and losing every case.
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Give my congratulations to Luke and Daniel. I’m jealous…muwahahahaha…I hope they are doing well.
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Judge rejects death-crash charges
Friday August 18, 2006
By David EamesA judge has dismissed dangerous driving charges against a truck driver whose 16-wheeler overturned on a corner and threw a load of timber into the path of an oncoming car, instantly killing the driver.
Prosecutors said Garth John Young, of Coromandel, was driving too fast as his truck approached the bend, on State Highway Two at Mangatawhiri on February 15 last year.
The defence had maintained a sudden mechanical defect was to blame.
The truck’s trailer unit went over at about 80km/h, spilling sawn timber into the path of a rental car driven by 46-year-old Londoner Susan Pritchard.
Ms Pritchard was killed instantly, and a passenger was injured.
The road on which the accident happened is known as the “Unforgiving Highway” and is one of the deadliest in the country.
Last year’s crash brought to 39 the number of people killed on it in five years.
Mr Young told police he was travelling at between 76km/h and 80km/h when the crash happened, and a sudden mechanical defect was to blame.
The signposted speed for the corner was 75km/h.
An accident investigation showed a trailer tyre had blown out, and an axle spring was broken.
The absence of wear on the ends of the spring showed it must have failed seconds before the accident, the court hearing into the charges was told.
In a reserved decision issued yesterday, Judge Roy Wade ruled that though Mr Young was probably travelling “slightly” above the recommended 75km/h for the corner, it was “not to such a degree as would have occasioned the overturn of the trailer”.
He said that although he was not fully satisfied with the mechanical-failure defence, “on the balance of probabilities” it was the most likely cause of the accident.
He then discharged Mr Young.
Franklin District police prosecutor Paul Watkins said there were no plans to appeal against the ruling, nor to prosecute anyone in relation to the mechanical failures.
“The police accept the decision made by the judge, given the evidence that was before him.”
Mr Watkins said he would instruct New Zealand Embassy staff in London to tell Ms Pritchard’s family about Judge Wade’s decision, “as a courtesy”.
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It seems to me there could have been enough evidence for the police to have pursued this if they had wanted to. An examination of skid marks for example, and the background of Britten’s bizarre behaviour and self-confessed state of mind. The fact that your children were in immediate danger should have been enough for any sane adult with a reasonable sense of decency to take action. If we can’t trust our police to protect our children from a known nutcase then there is something very rotten in the country of New Zealand. Shame on these police.
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Unbeknown to us at the time written instructions from superiors had gone out to all police that they weren’t to action or any van der lubbe complaints if Britton was named as the offender.
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Britton family are huge in NZ. They own many businesses nationally - think that may add to why the police are reluctant to listen to anyone. Only one Britton family in Wanganui I know of that dont go along with police pandering and that was because a couple of the boys were brutalised by cops as kids.
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Jack, do you get a kick out of this sort of thing?
Why is it that you are always faulting other people? i do not get this? I can’t understand why a man of your age fails to see the hurt that you are causing, just because you don’t agree with what people do? Do you know that your actions have an effect on not only one person, but an entire family?
Your an old man with nothing better to do then to complain, and its sad. Leave these families alone. how would you feel if someone was doing something like to
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Jack, do you get a kick out of this sort of thing?
Why is it that you are always faulting other people? i do not get this? I can’t understand why a man of your age fails to see the hurt that you are causing, just because you don’t agree with what people do? Do you know that your actions have an effect on not only one person, but an entire family?
Your an old man with nothing better to do then to complain, and its sad. Leave these families alone. how would you feel if someone was doing something like this to you?
Grow up, get a real job and do something else for a change….and dont dedicate this to your life…its childish and pathetic.
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What brought that on Dannii? Not related to the Britton family by marriage are you?