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lotto rapist?
Iorworth Hoare, the lotto rapist, who's elderly victim is trying to claim compensation for his sexual attack on her, 6 years is the legal limit for her claim. As usual she is being denied access to the true law, yet millions are being spent on an unbelievable inquest, on a wealthy titled woman who died 10 years ago, because she happened to belong to the privelaged few. This is despite a previous inquest at the time of her death. Is this real, unbiased, law, or another fob off?.
In reply to bollox2u, I was asking about justice for an old lady, not if your psuedonym is what keeps your ears apart. kind regards, wisernow?.
7 Answers
- on thin iceLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
As already pointed out an inquest is required according to the circumstances ( eg. violent, unnatural, in prison, etc. ) and not the status of the deceased.
As for the present limitations on making a claim I hope that the House of Lords will find a way of enabling the rape victim to claim compensation. It is often said that lawyers / judges don't actually make law, merely express the intention of Parliament but students of the law will say that there are numerous examples of where an 'inventive' or novel interpretation has been made by judges to find modern solutions in a way never previously imagined. Whilst the lower courts have already rejected the victims application that is not surprising as they are found to follow existing precedents but the House of Lords as the most senior UK court, can reverse its earlier decisions. To those who say the victim smells money - that is a cruel sentiment, why shouldn't she be compensated now just because years ago she didn't try or couldn't get money out of the then penniless defendant ?
The Govt. has recently talked about trying to make a law to take the profits away from notorious criminals who go on to write their memoirs based on their life of crime on the basis why should the villain benefit, so why should this rapist keep his fortune without paying compensation just because a few years got in the way.
- DufferLv 61 decade ago
The Statute of Limitations against which the woman victim is appealing has been around for a long time. One of the matters which the Law Lords have to consider, always, is what was the INTENTION of parliament in passing the law. They have also to consider the merits of the claim, of course, and I'm sure that it will have occurred to them that had there been no lottery win, there would have been (indeed there was) no claim.
As to your other reference, I agree that the inquest is a waste of taxpayer's money, but, again, the law requires an UK inquest on a British subject dying abroad. It has nothing to do with class or privilege, that's why Justice is always depicted as blind.
- 1 decade ago
the law is the law .however stupid.
but he should not have been allowed to collect the money
- goldenLv 61 decade ago
great time to be a criminal looked after beyond your wildest dreams THIS COUNTRY HAS TURNED INTO F****** TOILET
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Justice is blind....but she can smell money
