Search results

CRB checks have been replaced by DBS checks, and you can't just ask for them for anything. They are now deemed to be necessary for very specific activities - such as washing and dressing people, or helping people sort out their finances. Playing football would not be one of them. And applying...

I don't think "who he is" would warrant fast-tracking. I would agree that they would only do that if they saw (the possibility of) good reason to overthrow the original verdict.

I am not disputing that he is a convicted sex offender. He doesn't think he ought to be. I am not offering opinions on that aspect of it one way or the other. I was merely commenting on the "might an apology let him back in" aspect of it.

I am sure that something could be worded so that he regretted his involvement in whatever had happened, without admitting guilt of rape. If he doesn't, maybe that is all the more convincing of his claim that he was wrongfully convicted. I was going to say that he was innocent, but he admitted...

very, very well put. Agree with every point.

No problem - I probably should have said more in the original post anyway.

I wasn't trying to comment on the rights and wrongs of the case, but just interested to realise that there is some debate about the case, whether or not it is biased. To read some on here, one would think he was a cross between the Yorkshire Ripper and Ian Brady and I expected to read that he...

Thanks for that - just goes to show everything is not always black and white. And after all, some of our own were comparatively recently involved in something similar.