Following two days of deliberation, the jury in the trial of Rupert Quaintance came back with a verdict earlier today at Southwark Crown Court: they declared Rupert guilty of two of five charges of Harassment Level 4 (putting people in fear of violence). At about 11:40 a.m., the sequestered jury sent a note to the…
Readers of Hoaxtead Research will be aware by now that court was adjourned at about 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, to resume tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. You would be correct in deducing that the jury has not yet reached its verdict. Here is a summary of the day’s proceedings: Summation: Judge Martin Griffith In court this…
By and large we tend to skim past Deborah Mahmoudieh’s frothing-at-the-mouth shriek-fests, as she almost never has anything more interesting to say than “WHY IS NOBODY LISTENING TO ME!!!??!” If you’ve ever tried to cope with a three-year-old in the midst of a frenzied tantrum, you’ll understand when we say there’s really only so much…
It’s a good news/bad news story: the Washington Post reported on 25 August that a couple from Austin, Texas who’d been falsely accused of Satanic ritual abuse back in the bad old days of the 1980s-1990s Satanic panic had finally been awarded financial compensation for the more than 21 years they’d each spent in prison.…
Today’s post is brought to you by the website What Do They Know? We’re posting the conversation in its entirety…we hope you find it as amusing as we do! 13 July, 2017 Dear Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), In my capacity as McKenzie Friend I have given a voice to many voiceless children and wonder whether…
Earlier this week, while we were a little bit otherwise occupied, one of our readers found a bit of a blast from the past, which we decided to put aside and deal with at the weekend. Think of it as an intermission in the Rupert Trial Saga, if you will. This rather odd and rambly…
Yes, we’re back to referring to the trial by Rupert’s real name, as it seems the court listings have done the same. As always, we ask that no one speculate about the outcome of the trial in the comments section. We appreciate everyone’s cooperation! Cross-examination of defendant, part 2 On the fourth day of Rupert…
First, a word of explanation about the odd title of today’s court report. It seems that the Crown Court at Southwark is now listing this case as a series of asterisks, due to the Court Order made under s45a, Youth and Criminal Justice Act 1999, which we mentioned on Monday. We are following their lead,…
This morning at court was very similar to yesterday’s snooze-fest, except that it lacked the interesting gossip emanating from Belinda’s end of the corridor. She appears to have realised that our intrepid reporter is not a member of her fan club, and she maintained a steely silence for the hour and a half between the…
If you’ve ever spent any time at all in court, you’ll know that a great deal of that time is spent cooling one’s heels in the corridor outside the actual courtroom. And so it was this morning at Southwark Crown Court, where Rupert Quaintance is standing trial on five charges of harassment. Our reporter for…
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