And that's exactly what the article wants to manipulate us into focusing on.
Court cases are not based on kernels of perception. They are based - among other things - on legal precedents.
The article cites an argument of the defence, but omits to mention anything about what the verdict of the magistrates was actually based on.
And whatever it was based on, it was not on a case that never even came to trial.
The woman in this article clearly behaved abysmally, and in the absence of legal precedent to get her off the hook, the defense lawyer was scraping the very bottom of the barrel for arguments.
The entire article is a twisting of the facts. The woman broke the law on several serious counts and the picture at the top of the page is of poor little Madeleine McCann. Journalism at its worst.
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Yes but this is what they do all the time.
Maddy found in greece.
Maddy found in Ireland, so on and so forth. Thats why i never READ the blooming papers as most part they are rubbish.
There was another case in Portugal a women was arrested new year I believe.
IT does make a mockery though of child care doesn't it, when one gets away with it, and others dont....goose for gander etc. It wasnt just McCanns parenting either there were more parents involved who ALL got away with it.
Pray tell me what's the difference between sitting in a bar/restaurant drinking and eating and leaving your 3 young children alone for 30 minutes at a time, then being over the limit and leaving your child alone to get some money from the cashpoint.
DRINK DRIVING is the only offence. Not the leaving of children on their own. D.I.S.G.U.S.T.I.N.G. on all accounts, but sadly people do it and some get away with it.
This is actually a sad case I fear. A lone mother pushed to the limits, working, having a child with behavioural and learning difficulties and obviously she has a drink problem which takes away all your skills and you do things you would never normally do because of it. Because of her error of judgement she nearly lost her child, and she has lost her job.
Because of the error of judgement on the part of the McCanns they did LOOSE THEIR CHILD.
Alcohol is the route of all evil........there are far too many people stressed to hell now and there is a drinking problem in this country and sadly it is starting younger and younger.
Some of the worse cases i have seen has been on holiday, with parents so drunk they can hardly stand up and they have young children to care for.
Anyway it is terrible journalism but it works both ways sadly.
Anywoo the media is making a mint out of the poor girl McCann and it needs to stop.
