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why in soaps do people not get massive payouts for wrongful imprisonment?


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Old 05-12-2016, 14:25
SophiaK70
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like peter barlow, max branning etc ?
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Old 05-12-2016, 17:17
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like peter barlow, max branning etc ?
and whiplash etc.

never mind - gives me an idea - using Dot af a victim of the telephone fraudsters - those who call elderly people on the landline claiming to call from the bank or the police, saying their account has been compromised and to transfer money to another account, or get it in cash for collection by a courier or "police" or whatever.

The more who see it the better - in Dot's case they may give up - claiming wrong info - as there probably isn't much in her account. But sure they must get the info from someone - and sure they don't just make random calls.
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Old 05-12-2016, 17:17
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like peter barlow, max branning etc ?
Most likely cos if they got lots of dosh they'd move right out of those depressing places and go somewhere sunny an far away and would never be seen of again ,so to keep. them in the soaps they have this UNWRITTEN soap law that says you dont get payouts for wrongful imprisonment .
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Old 05-12-2016, 17:23
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I was thinking this myself the other day after reading a Max Branning article.
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Old 05-12-2016, 19:43
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Because this is the UK not America. Very few cases result in payouts at all and those that do take years to settle. From parliament.uk ...

"It is sometimes assumed that victims of miscarriages of justice must be entitled to compensation, particularly if they have spent time in custody before being pardoned or having their convictions quashed. However, this is not the case: compensation is the exception rather than the rule."
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