Mourn Porn And Orchestrated Grief At The Gravesend Raped Baby Show

IN Gravesend, Kent, a baby has been raped. Well, so they say. The baby was beaten so badly that his heart stopped beating. Well, so they say. An infant is in a terrible way at King’s College Hospital. But the facts are sketchy. All we know for certain is that a man aged 35 and a woman aged 33 were arrested and released on police bail.

How serious is police bail? Well, the Home Office says:

If you’ve been charged with a serious offence, you may be refused release and remanded in custody until trial. If you are found guilty, the time spent in prison before trial will be deducted from your sentence.

The man and the woman are free. Police bails is:

You can’t be kept at a police station for more than 24 hours without being charged, although this can be extended to 36 hours with the authority of a police superintendent, and for up to 96 hours with the authority of a magistrate. The one exception is for arrests under the Terrorism Act, where you can be held without charge for up to 14 days.

If there’s not enough evidence to charge you, you can be released on police bail. You don’t have to pay to be released on police bail, but you’ll have to return to the station for further questioning when asked. If you’re charged and the police think there’s a risk that you may commit another offence, fail to turn up at court, intimidate other witnesses or obstruct the course of justice, they can impose conditional bail. This means your freedom will be restricted in some way. For example, a curfew may be imposed on you if your offence was committed at night.

If you’ve been charged with a serious offence, you may be refused release and remanded in custody until trial. If you are found guilty, the time spent in prison before trial will be deducted from your sentence.

But outside the home of the one-month old baby, a mob has formed. They are holding a candle lit vigil. The grim orchestrated public grief is in full swing. Teddy bears are on the pavement. There’s a minute’s silence. Soon there will be balloons and ribbons. Now there are Chinese lanterns. Maybe Ed Balls can rock up and fight with David Cameron for the role of dignified mourner in chief, as they rowed over Baby P because “as a dad…” they understood.

The mourn porn is contagious.

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Posted: 5th, December 2011 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comments (13)