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The case against Jeremy Clarkson has been reopened in Argentina.
Meanwhile close to 60 Clarkson has become a mere jobbing actor, how degrading.
What next flogging insurance and giving away a free pen?
Jeremy Clarkson and his Top Gear crew could face three years in prison after a judge reopened the investigation into their controversial number plate stunt in Argentina.
Clarkson sparked anger last year after driving through Argentina on a 1,400-mile road trip for a Top Gear Christmas special in a Porsche with the number plate H982 FKL.
War veterans accused the motormouth presenter of goading them over the Falklands and the crew were attacked by furious locals as they tried to flee the country.
In an attempt to quell the unrest, the car's number plates were switched to H1 VAE – but this opened them to a charge of falsification in the South American country.
Meanwhile close to 60 Clarkson has become a mere jobbing actor, how degrading.
What next flogging insurance and giving away a free pen?
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Why Clarkson? I know he's become the anti-Beeb, but you reckon he swapped the number plates? Not say, a junior producer? Or the producer would be responsible.. And for his cut of the £160m rumored, I'm sure he doesn't mind making a few adverts. He did enough of them at the Bbc after all.
The Argentinians think its worth re-opening the case, if anyone was driving a car with false number plates wouldn't you expect them to be questioned if not arrested?
The article says Clarkson and team and Andy Wilman very old school chum, business partner and apologized was the Executive Producer.
In any case, any charges would be entirely politically-motivated. I can hardly see the government (and a Conservative government at that) bending over backwards to accommodate an extradition request from Argentina over an issue connected to the Falklands.
In an attempt to quell the unrest, the car's number plates were switched to H1 VAE – but this opened them to a charge of falsification in the South American country.
So who switched the number plates? A presenter, or someone from the crew?
But that doesn't necessarily make them responsible. Do you know if there was any legal advice given to the production crew? And who would be ultimately responsible? The channel controller? The director of TV?
Nothing like standing up for a thug eh?
Mark Thompson once bit a member of staff, and that didn't stop him becoming DG. One just has to be the right sort of thug to get away with that kind of behaviour at the Bbc it seems. See also Operation Yewtree..
Don't ask me I wasn't there I assume the case has been re-opened to get to the truth of the matter and jail any law breakers.
If Clarkson drove the car knowing the plates had been illegally changed then he questions to answer, anyone driving on false plates in the UK would have been arrested.
But I guess having the Prime Minister as a mate and neighbour helps.
I thought it was about the legal system vs revenge fantasies. Why would a presenter face jail for something the production team was responsible for?
Someone hands you an illegal gun and you then shoot someone with it, are you really suggesting the person who pulled the trigger is blameless?
If Clarkson knowingly drove a car with false plates then he's banged to rights and facing years in jail.
Is Argentina on friendly terms with Mexico...he could end up doing a test drive of South American prisons?
Or false analogy. Shooting someone is in itself illegal, regardless of the source of the gun.
Driving on false numberplates is only an offence if done so knowingly.
Well, after all the complaints about Clarkson, wasn't he under close supervision with all his stunts requiring approval from the corporation?
I dunno, being in fear for your life and wanting to avoid a lynch mob, the previously approved number plates got swapped to something less offensive. Seems a reasonable bit of mitigation don't you think? Plus on the way out of Argentina, the offending vehicle had a police escort, didn't it?
Now that is drifting firmly into fantasy land. Why would Mexico have any claim?
Well one has to go to extremes to make the point for some people.
I suppose I could have said someone steals a car and someone else drives it knowing it to be stolen doesn't make the driver an innocent party.
Bbc dumbing down I think..
Not always, we do have justifiable homicide. So someone shoots a police officer and is about to fire into the crowd. You pick up the gun and shoot the attacker. You'd be in possession of the firearm illegally, but your actions may be justifiable..
And hardly worth extradition, especially with the mitigation.
So in the scenes where the Porsche was fleeing with it's police escort, do you really think Clarkson was driving?
If the Argentinians have re-opened the case for political reasons, didn't he or one of chums upset a Mexican diplomat?
Maybe he could find himself sloping off to Burma, on a world tour of prisons.
No idea...but the Argentinians seem to think there a case to investigate.
If you are asking me if I believe what Clarkson and his apologized Andy Wilman say, I have great doubts they give a full and frank account of themselves. There have been too many incidents for them to have been poor judgement or bad luck.
And? Lèse-majesté doesn't usually apply to diplomats. And I thought it was Hammond who offended Mexico.
Yup. Such a tightly scripted show it would be inconceivable.. But helped sales.. So remind me, who at the Bbc was responsible for the anti-Clarkson frenzy and killing that particular golden goose?
To the Mexicans the tree Amigos all the same?
Oh that's simple Jeremy Clarkson & his old public school chum, apologized and executive producer Andy Wilman.
Making an unprovoked physical and sustained verbal attack on innocent person may pay a small part. Ian Hislop queried if drink such as Coke had played a part in the lengthy tirade.
None other than Clarkson himself, which he has admitted.
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BTW if anyone imagines that Clarkson will ever face an Argy court over this, they're living in dreamworld.