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Police dragging feet over Stokes

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Should have treated this as a priority and should have ensured investigation concluded well before ashes.
Always shoot ourselves in foot.
 

brandon said:
The fact they're dragging their heels regardless is a f***ing piss take. Cricket or no cricket, people want to be able to get on with their lives
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Exactly this.

He should be given no special treatment because he's a famous cricketer.

I still don't quite understand how it is taking this long to be sorted though. They've interviewed Stokes. They've interviewed Hales. They've spoken to the lad(s) Stokes battered. They've spoken to the 2 gay lads who Stokes was sticking up for. They've seen the cctv.

Quite how it's taken so long to sort out is a bit of a joke. Either there's enough evidence to charge him or there's not.

The fact he's a cricketer and is desperately needed for England should not come into it
 
Voice of fair play said:
I never understand why these things take soo long.

However the moment he did what he did and it was caught on camera, he was never going to be playing in this test.

He could have made the difference in this test and the one person to blame for that is Stokes himself and certainly not the police.
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It's old ground, it's been done to death, but that's not strictly true. It is, however, what we're getting at. If the police got their fingers out of their f***ing arses we could have an answer as to whether he would've played or not - as it is, whatever FTECB sanction is placed upon him, we STILL don't know.
 
brandon said:
It's old ground, it's been done to death, but that's not strictly true. It is, however, what we're getting at. If the police got their fingers out of their f***ing arses we could have an answer as to whether he would've played or not - as it is, whatever FTECB sanction is placed upon him, we STILL don't know.
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I agree the police should pull their fingers out, like I said confused why these things always take so long.

However the responsibility for him not playing lies squarely on his shoulders, not saying you do, but can't understand anybody thinking anything else.
 
hudson88 said:
Exactly this.

He should be given no special treatment because he's a famous cricketer.

I still don't quite understand how it is taking this long to be sorted though. They've interviewed Stokes. They've interviewed Hales. They've spoken to the lad(s) Stokes battered. They've spoken to the 2 gay lads who Stokes was sticking up for. They've seen the cctv.

Quite how it's taken so long to sort out is a bit of a joke. Either there's enough evidence to charge him or there's not.

The fact he's a cricketer and is desperately needed for England should not come into it
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Lawyer are we?

Jarrowlad said:
Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty anyone else would be able to carry on with their job while the investigation was taking place
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This argument would carry some weight if this were a home series. But its not. What if he were charged mid-way through a test in Adelaide? How does he get back to Bristol nick to file bail and what do England do?
 
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hudson88 said:
Exactly this.

He should be given no special treatment because he's a famous cricketer.

I still don't quite understand how it is taking this long to be sorted though. They've interviewed Stokes. They've interviewed Hales. They've spoken to the lad(s) Stokes battered. They've spoken to the 2 gay lads who Stokes was sticking up for. They've seen the cctv.

Quite how it's taken so long to sort out is a bit of a joke. Either there's enough evidence to charge him or there's not.

The fact he's a cricketer and is desperately needed for England should not come into it
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Trouble is a report with all the evidence and interviews has to go up to the Crown Prosecution Service with recommendations. Then a CPS solicitor makes a 'considered' opinion on what to do! Can take ages ......
 
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