The most EPIC WIN yet!

Ok, the thread title is no joke, the case of ENG and the court summons is now being reported by several news media in the UK. Including;



EDIT; I've seen this so many times now, and I still giggle like a little girl everytime the BBC! refers to him as EpicNoseGuy

[James McGuigan]

[James McGuigan]

This is another fine example, of what is affectionately known as Operation Footbullet. In order to take down a sign that might have been seen by a few hundred people, in amongst all the other signs, they have managed (indirectly) to get the sign (and the protest) seen by hundreds of thousands of people who would have never have even known about the protest in the first place.

BBC News 24 viewership for 2004, was 1.99 million[1] for its 15 minute segments. but remember that this was the local news (for London), so you need to cut that figure down that nationwide figure down to the London catchment area.

[1] http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcastin ... -news.html

Actually, this made it to the national and international (confirmed from the Netherlands) segments in the BBC sending schedule, so much, much bigger than London

[James McGuigan]

Couple of other interesting points to note, if this does actually go through to a full on court case (which is not 100% certain yet):

1. As EpicNoseGuy is only 15, so he should qualify for full legal aid to defend himself.

2. As this is a case being brought by the CPS and not CoS, the case would result in a definitive judgement, without the CoS being able to drop the case at the last moment.

IIRC the CoS did this to their own Dutch high-court appeal against Karin Spaink recently, on day before the verdict - anyone got any more info on this.

3. It also means that CoS lawyers can't use their common legal tactic of trying to overwhelm the other legal team through overwork, and questioning every tiny point.

4. The downside, for EpicNoseGuy, is as this would be a criminal case, losing means potentially getting a criminal record, though being a juvenile, would likely result in a more lenient sentence than imposed on a adult (does anyone know what the range of penalties are for this offence?). While I suspect he would win, its unwise to pre-judge any court case.

Here's the story:

LINK:


The story says that the maximum penalty is 1000 pounds. I think that's around $2000.

Later,
WTW

And the Epicness just keeps rolling on;



tl;dr: There will be no court session for ENG he is now a free man (or kid as this case actually is), and the CPS does a complete turnaround on what they told the City of London police

Fantastic news with regards ENG.

Epic Nose Guy is EPIC!

I am not a lawyer, but I always thought truth was a solid defense against libel. Hooray for ENG for standing up for the truth and getting MSM attention in the process. It's good to see that CPS ultimately came to a sensible decision.

That is awesome news. Gotta love it when common sense and freedom of speech win the day.

[James McGuigan]

[James McGuigan]