Today in Edinburgh a man was sentenced to eighteen years in prison for murder. Not unusual you would think, except that no body has ever been found and there was no concrete forensic evidence presented to the jury. The man, David Gilroy was convicted by a majority of the jury and so at least one of them had doubts as to his guilt. While I am not saying that he did not commit the murder of Suzanne Pilley, I would question the lack of evidence.
My thoughts are, is this the establishment saying to us that it does not matter how little evidence, we can make sure that you will be found guilty. It doesn't take me to tell you that murder is a serious crime, but if they can convict without even producing a body, what can they do with a less serious crime. Being framed for a crime is nothing new, but with the rise of secret courts in this country, is it too much of a leap to imagine the authorities doing it as a matter of course. We must be vigilant as to what is happening to our justice system. Justice has to remain in the public domain or we are really in trouble.
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