The Mail's army of armchair lawyers are out in force on the story about the Mauritius trial - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... fence.html

Yes, on the basis of a few highly selective newspaper reports, and the fact that the victim was an attractive Irish woman, Mailites just know that those two wicked brown people did it. The fact that the jury who sat through the trial, heard the witnesses, saw the evidence, and heard all the arguments thought differently means nothing to them.

What I find extraordinary is that the mods let through their comments. Each is a direct accusation that the accused were guilty of murder and perjury, and is highly libellous, and I really can't see that the Mail's disclaimer would protect them at all - particularly given that the dog-whistle headline is positively inviting this sort of response. It wouldn't be in the least difficult for the two accused to find a lawyer willing to take this on on a no win no fee basis, because with a not guilty verdict available it's a pretty cut and dried case. It could be gratifyingly expensive.

Se also Louise Woodward and Amanda Knox.

And Christopher Jeffries.

And Sion Jenkins.

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Dacre is above the law. In his own mind, at least, citing some public interest defence.

I know the DM likes random upper case words in headlines, but this example seems to suggest the verdict was wrong.

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It's also apparently a "shock" verdict. Why would that be unless someone had already made up their mind?

Considering the amount of info gathered and regurgitated in that article, they were going for the full character assassination. That or the reporter filed tons of copy to justify going out there to cover the case.

See also You Know Who and Robert Murat.

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It is interesting to see how the Mail has covered this case compared with it's coverage of the murder of Anni Dewarni. Both cases have their similarities with a woman being murdered on honeymoon and suggestions that key witnesses and suspects were tortured into giving statements. In the Dewarni case most Mail readers are in no doubt that Shrien Dewarni was involved in his wife's death but in this case Mail readers seem to be convinced that the hotel workers did the murder but got away with it.

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