Can a man be charged of murder......

[fretmeister]

There have been less than a dozen successful prosecutions for murder when there is no body.

In fact it used to be the law: no body = no murder.

But if, for example, you have 7 pints of DNA matched blood in a puddle somewhere then you can make an educated guess that the person that blood was in, is not functioning very well.

Juries do not like convicting without a body - but in this case we also have a charge of Perverting the Course of Justice. And that relates to the accused allegedly disposing of the body.

And to the OP - the accused has been CHARGED not convicted. Charges are always announced as it keeps justice open, and can encourage other victims to come forward.


As always this thread will end up with endless speculation before the trial, and then endless speculation about whatever the verdict is (despite not once going along to hear the evidence that is actually put to the jury) and then moans about the sentence.

And from that speculation / moans etc only 1 thing will be crystal clear - the identity of the newspaper they read.

[Lixarto]

I'm saying nothing - you already know what newspaper l read.

[holnrew]

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...49971851704138

Things like this are why I'm starting to hate facebook. Scrabble is keeping me there.

[octatonic]

I'm saying nothing - you already know what newspaper l read.

I don't.

[FBF]

As always this thread will end up with endless speculation before the trial, and then endless speculation about whatever the verdict is (despite not once going along to hear the evidence that is actually put to the jury) and then moans about the sentence.

Good thing we have you to summarise then Be a good fellow and keep us fed with what we need to be thinking

[frankus]

I'm saying nothing - you already know what newspaper l read.

Telegraph?

I'm with Mark Twain:

People who don't read newspapers are uninformed; people who do are mis-informed.

[Dadave]

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...49971851704138

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Fucking morons.

[octatonic]

Fucking morons.

I believe this is an insult to 'fucking morons'.
People fail to realise that capital punishment diminishes society more than it punishes the guilty.

[Vim Fuego]

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...49971851704138

lol, that made me laugh like a drain. I especially love the thought the original poster had put into what he wanted to do, it's clearly something he's thought about lots in the past.

[roundthebend]

This chap may have confessed to the murder but won't or can't state where to find the body. For this reason and for reasons already mentioned in this thread, then murder without a body has to be possible.